MIDWEST SUMMER [8-1-23]

CHRIST IN WINTER: Reflections on Faith & Life for the Years of Winter—MIDWEST SUMMER  [8-1-23]

 

MIDWEST SUMMER

 

There is a high stillness

in a Midwest summer

floating slowly

on the humid air

in short pants

and a sleeveless shirt

suspended on a cloud

of aimless pollen

and the silks of burgeoning corn

humming Greg Brown’s Iowa Waltz

“Come and see, come dance with me”

slowly scanning the gentle

meanderings of butterflies

the glistening wings

of dragonflies

shaking its head at the frantic

rhythm of the hummingbirds

   so obsessed are they

   with the red of the realm

looking forth and back

upon the summer world

with timeless hope

 

John Robert McFarland