Late June 2023 in NW lower Michigan

square photo with foreground wet sandy shore marked by deer tracks, glassy lake at top of frame

Deer tracks on shore

Thirsty this summer morning

Gone now to wood shade

Summer rain warms

Tennis play stops for now

Clouds drift overhead

Damp stump sprouts orange

Mushrooms tower over moss

Birdsong in treetops

Small hands grip stair rail

Curious to see warm lake

Wistful dad follows on

Little June spider

Greets this cool cloudy day

Food comes by air

Hotel room summer

Various lives pass by this

Shining old floor

Mossy old sidewalk

People hardly notice that

Soft green edges grow

Canada burning

Sends ash south in June air

Daylight dim as dusk

Water murmurs west

Lake Michigan drinks it all

Glad fish, birds, and bugs

Ski-boat growls past

Waves lap the shore one by one

Beach bugs keep feasting

Morning lake like glass

Bright birches stand dripping dew

Kayak drifting right

Wildfire ash gloaming

People talk of setting sun

Waves lap the shore

Low dam decades old

Holding lake but letting fish

Swim Lake Michigan

Maples once clear cut

Lumberjacks' saws and axes

Silent now in wind

Waves alive in wind

Sweep to shore while fish lay low

All quiet tonight

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