I wrote the first stanza, and friends contributed the other lines of this collaborative poem! I hope you enjoy it as much as you enjoy this late summer month.

Hello August:

August will be filled with fireflies
August will be filled with sidewalk heat
August will be filled with lemonade
August will be filled with dips in the lake
August will be filled with children dancing in the sprinkler

August will be filled with early dog walks and laughter

August will be filled with campfires
August will be filled with forest baths
August will be filled with cricket song in waving grass

August will be filled with porch-grown tomatoes
August will be filled with music festivals in neighborhood parks

August will be filled with chamber music

August will be filled with the anticipation of stepping outside one morning and smelling autumn in the air

August will be filled with porch visits with Appalachian relatives, watermelon and sweet corn

August will be filled with the last pick of beans and kohlrabi
August will be filled with too much ice cream

August will be filled with memories of being young and secretly happy that school would soon start

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with thanks to Theresa Nielsen, Donna Reny LaNigra, Nadia Ibrashi, Roberta Brown, Ellen Neuborne, Meg Chorzempa, Liza Young and Mary Schmidt

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Linda K. Sienkiewicz is a writer, poet, and artist:
Multi-finalist award winning novel In the Context of Love
Picture book Gordy and the Ghost Crab
Latest poetry chapbook: Sleepwalker

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