{"id":14833,"date":"2015-07-18T11:34:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T15:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=14833"},"modified":"2015-07-18T11:34:11","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T15:34:11","slug":"july-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2015\/07\/18\/july-light\/","title":{"rendered":"July Light"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Archive Photo of the Day (detail): Tom Dudones<\/p><\/div>\n

Each month of the year shines with its own unique quality of light, and so I am at work on a twelve-poem cycle that tries to capture those qualities, tentatively titled “Light Year.” Below is the fourth in the series, written today. You can find the others in the series at All In linked below in the order they have been written:<\/p>\n

August<\/a> | November<\/a> | May<\/p>\n

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July Light<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today the light is no light, just a glow that comes
\nfrom everywhere and nowhere\u2014not quite fog,
\nbut shadowless, diffused through the muggy air,
\nand this vague unease that presages thunderstorm.<\/p>\n

But other days the hot light of midday shouts out
\nover the fields, strong enough to put you on you back,
\none hand shading your eyes to stare up into a sky
\nthat runs unbroken piercing blue in all directions.<\/p>\n

Days that call for sand next to cool water, the bright
\nscent that sunlight draws forth from balsam and pine,
\ndappled light that filters down onto woodland paths,
\nthe light that pops and scatters off a rippled lake.<\/p>\n

And after the long late light falls to evening,
\nthe moon’s bone-white path across the water,
\nbracketed by stars and fireflies, and campfire light,
\nand lantern light that guides you toward your bed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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