Thursday, May 14, 2026

Joan McNerney

Summer Solstice 


Trees outline the 

horizon in green lace. 

Beneath boughs float

galaxies of blue bugs. 

Crimson clouds smudge sky.


Listen to swish 

of branches as 

cicada swell and swarm. 

Hiding under shadows, 

beating their wings, 

hissing their mating calls. 


Evening is coming… 

the dawn of nighttime. 

We are suspended now 

between light and dark. 

Clouds rushing over heaven. 

Sun drops from sky. 


The air is fragrant with 

sweet flowering jasmine. 

Southern winds sweep 

across the hemisphere 

brightening star after star 

awakening this night.



Movement of Pink Flowers


We are swimming, bodies

arched. Each an active V.

The body does not hesitate.

Seeking only richness of flesh

saturation. Yet tightness

in limb, vigor to react.


It is mild July.

Birds recite litanies

in wood. Trees

greener every rainfall,

their leaves growing longer.

Pink flowers strewn

over sidewalks.


The body is swimming.

We constantly drift through

dates, locations, through faces.

A mind float as we swim

along side one another finding

new waves when they occur.


It is mild July night now

covering swiftly swiftly.

Air perfumed crepe myrtle.

We are suspended this moment

between light and dark.

Clouds rushing over heavens.

Sun drops from sky.

Pink flowers are blowing

across boulevards.


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