Hush of August Days

a poem for the dog days

The dampened hush
Of low, gray, stationary clouds
Mutes the songs of summer-weary birds,
While the hum of an old AC
Is panting its way through the dog days.

Late summer muses in thin voices
That drip down, one by one,
From a too-tolerant firmament,
Wet and…

--

--

Stories of Dennett (Wildflower) & Ben (Weed) & Our Guests

Get the Medium app

A button that says 'Download on the App Store', and if clicked it will lead you to the iOS App store
A button that says 'Get it on, Google Play', and if clicked it will lead you to the Google Play store