2026-07

First, I fill the watering can with water,And head down the path to the fieldDown the slope where no one ever passes,Whe...

The ceaseless droneOf the black cicadasArriving once againAlong with the summer heat.It is a quintessential feature of s...

In the pitch-black room,The electric fan kept blowing air that felt like lukewarm water.It was still the darkness of 3 a...

First, we need to hydrate,Oh, right, we’re the ones drinking it.Yeah, I was thirsty after all.Next up: watering the almo...

The overcast, unyielding sky remains,And parched earth covers the ground.“Couldn’t we just water them?”“True - they do n...

They say the grass is always greener on the other side.But then again, maybe that doesn’t really matter.There’s no point...

I saw someone I knew in the municipal newsletter.They were pictured in a black-and-white photo.That proud look on their ...

On the way home, I stopped by the supermarket.I bought chicken thighs and soybeans.I put ice from the ice maker into a p...

“Ten days without rain,The surface is dry.”“Yet we dig down deep beneath the summer sky,”Water applied to the scorched s...

Blindly putting in effort yields no results.Looking at the withered seedlings.I realized I needed a new idea.It would be...