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My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
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Daily Cascade #1094559 added August 2, 2025 at 1:00pm Restrictions: None
Hello, August!
Prompt:
If someone asked you caption August, what would you say? (provide (an illustration) with a title or explanation.)
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T he Warning by the Last Hurrah
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In most places they baptize August as the summer's swan song. Far be it from me to say that in view of where I live, since where I live autumn's approach is not felt at all. So, instead, it leaves me to worry about the hurricanes that may arrive and raise havoc. I would, therefore, call August, "The Warning!" Although, rarely, there were also hurricanes in August, too. Then, I have to honor my good friends living in the northern parts of the country, so I think, I'll also caption August as "The Last Hurrah!" Putting these two captions together, "The Warning by the Last Hurrah" comes to mind.
Also, for many regions, August is a time of peak harvest. Gardens overflow with ripe tomatoes, corn, berries, apples, and other good stuff. Luckily, where I am, we get a trickle of that bounty through the workings of interstate commerce.
Does August suggest a touch of bittersweet nostalgia, as well? At my age anything and everything suggests nostalgia, as well. So why not August?
Yes, I do recall my family's seaside excursions, as the illustration suggests, and beach fun. I also like watermelon a lot, for watermelon has great taste, provides water for the body, and a slice of it is good to look at.
In reflection, then, I do appreciate the cycle of nature, too,--of growth, peak, gentle-decline, decline, and renewal. So, maybe August is a powerful reminder for us, to flow with the rhythm of the year, embracing both the fullness of the present and the gentle certainty of what's yet to come.
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