June 22: Sunset

summer solstice

silhouettes of gulls 

fly into the sunset

June 21: Solstice

summer solstice

sharing my strawberries

with a catbird

June 20: Owl

summer solstice
the long silence
after the owl calls

June 21: Solstice

Longest day--

bird in the headlights

hurries to its roost.

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June 20: Solstice Eve

Three chimney swifts

also ecstatic

over tonight's sunset.

 

 

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June 21: Shortest night

Midsummer's Eve--

dancing fireflies in the grass,

Saturn's glorious rings.

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June 20: Solstice

I remember from high school Latin class that "solstice" means "sun stopped." It is not etymologically related to solitude.

Solstice. Driving home.
Lucinda Williams singing
"Big Red Sun Blues."

June 21: Summer Solstice

First day of summer--

sitting in the rain-steamed car

eating ice cream cones.

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June 19: Arctic dreams

As the Solstice approaches

what does it mean

to dream of a Snowy Owl?

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June 18: Approaching Midsummer's Eve

church bells ring nine times

still too light for stars

daisies on the lawn instead

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