tj_osprey_family
An osprey family sticks together. - Tim Johnson

Slow sun pulls long days

over July.

The marsh holds its breath

and soaks in warm water.

Cattails surround the pond.

Ducks and turtles loaf on logs.

Songs slow in the woods.

Herons stand still as gray pilings

and fish come to graze

in their shadows.

Overhead, swallows mow down

a new crop of insects.

 

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  1. I have very much enjoyed your writing. I was able to spend many summers in my youth on the Cape. I now rarely get a chance to visit now. Your writing brings me back to the FEELING of being there. I can almost smell the salt air. Thank you, Dana

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