Slow Summer

from Out With Lanterns

It’s past the summer solstice,
and one might argue 
I’m not making much 
of summer so far. Just 
planting a few vegetables,
going on long walks. 
Every day I see photos
of friends in glamorous
locations, plates of 
cheese and honey,
sparkling wines and 
rooftop parties. 
I am happy for them.
But I have a new blossom
on my zucchini vine
and today I read out on 
the back porch until 
I fell asleep to the song
of a red house finch.
My daughters made 
lemonade from lemons
they picked off our little
backyard tree, and I
suppose I’d argue that
this is my kind of glamour.