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Friday, August 19, 2022

On an Afternoon Walk - A Summer Wander

Meandering a walkway lined with bushes laden with berries, 
grasshoppers hum in long grasses


Wascana Creek paused and slow

in the heat of this summer afternoon

off the beaten path into open park,


elm trees offering shady oases, until

a gravelled path directed me into 

a peaceful neighbourhood


when a wide back alley 

lured me onward 

back yards hidden 


by fences and flowers, 

a sly glance at a garden 

abundant with vegetables


From pathway to open park, 

gravelled path to back alley, to 

cement sidewalk all the way home.


“Summertime is always the best of what might be.”

~ Charles Bowden

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