Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Late Summer BY JENNIFER GROTZ

girls on the beach

 

 

 

Late Summer
BY JENNIFER GROTZ


Before the moths have even appeared
to orbit around them, the streetlamps come on,
a long row of them glowing uselessly
 
along the ring of garden that circles the city center,
where your steps count down the dulling of daylight.
At your feet, a bee crawls in small circles like a toy unwinding.
 
Summer specializes in time, slows it down almost to dream.
And the noisy day goes so quiet you can hear
the bedraggled man who visits each trash receptacle
 
mutter in disbelief: Everything in the world is being thrown away!

Summer lingers, but it’s about ending. It’s about how things
redden and ripen and burst and come down. It’s when
 
city workers cut down trees, demolishing
one limb at a time, spilling the crumbs
of twigs and leaves all over the tablecloth of street.
 
Sunglasses! the man softly exclaims
while beside him blooms a large gray rose of pigeons
huddled around a dropped piece of bread.


Jennifer Grotz, “Late Summer” from The Needle. Source: The Needle (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011)

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Happy New Year!

 

Happy New Year!

I said this 365 days ago, but happy New Year! Wishing you and yours health and prosperity in the new year.

Monday, December 21, 2020

Merry Christmas 2020

 

Merry Christmas 2020

The best present one can hope for this year is to spend time together with family and friends. I can't wait to celebrate Christmas with everyone.

Best wishes to you and your family this Christmas. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Happy Halloween 2019

Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen,
Voices whisper in the trees, “Tonight is Halloween!”
– Dexter Kozen


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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Happy New Year 2017


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May this New Year equip you with good luck, good health, good fortune and good times! Happy New Year to all!

Friday, December 23, 2016

Merry Christmas 2016


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Have a wonderful Christmas and may it be filled with your favorite things and the people you love. Merry Christmas to all!

Monday, October 17, 2016

Happy Halloween 2016


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Halloween Wraps Fear In Innocence,
As Though It Were A Slightly Sour Sweet.
Let Terror,
Then, Be Turned into A Treat

Happy Halloween to All!