there for that moment
driftwood soon to pilgrim on
as summer floats off

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(Originally published on September 9, 2023, near the Salt River as the Arizona #summer started to relax.)

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full sonoran green
only around the rivers,
summer broils on

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(Originally published on August 26, 2023, on the Salt River in Arizona this #summer.)

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above salt beds etched,
rivers lightly sketched now as
summer days can’t stretch

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(Originally published on August 20, 2022 on a cool #summer day in the Petrified Forest and Painted Deserts of Arizona.)

https://poemsandhaiku.blogspot.com/2022/08/salt-bed-etchings.html

clouds above ride the
ripples on the lake below,
sleepy summer days

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(Originally published on 8/19/23 as the #summer heat in the Sonoran Desert stayed above 100 in what seemed like a stretch of forever.)

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rippled mountains sprawl
into the sky’s haul just as
summer’s end soon calls

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(Originally published on August 13, 2022 in the Tonto National Forest near the Lake Roosevelt last #summer.)

https://poemsandhaiku.blogspot.com/2022/08/rippled-mountains.html

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ponderosa pines
high above the hot desert
summer, waves lapping

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(Originally published on August 12, 2023 in the Tonto National Forest near the Mogollon Rim this #summer.)

https://poemsandhaiku.blogspot.com/2023/08/ponderosa-pines.html

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