Hello poetry friends! I am happy to host the round-up on this last Friday of the month and on a day when my poetry sisters and I have written to another challenge. This month, we wrote "In The Style Of..." the triptych "August" by Louise Ireland, but with the general theme of diving into summer.
Here's my poem.
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On the Edge of Summer, a Triptych
I.
The lilacs
have already finished,
but the maples
keep uncurling
into green,
as if they know
summer
arrives
slowly.
II.
The porch holds
an empty chair.
The hammock remembers
the shape of a body
not yet there.
III.
Bees trust
what tomato
blossoms promise.
I am learning
to wait.
Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2025. All rights reserved.
You can read the poems my Poetry Sisters have written at the links below.
- Tanita Davis
- Mary Lee Hahn
- Sara Lewis Holmes
- Laura Purdie Salas
- Liz Garton Scanlon
Would you like to try the next challenge? We're writing in the form of the pantoum. Pádraig Ó Tuama-offers pantoum challenges on his Substack. We will be writing to his January prompt. You’ve got a month to craft your creation(s), then share your offering with the rest of us on July 31st in a post and/or on social media with the tag #PoetryPals. We look forward to reading your poems!
I'm rounding up old-school style this month. Please join the party by leaving your link in the comments. Happy poetry Friday, friends!
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Michelle Kogan played along with our triptych prompt and is sharing a poem entitled Thoughts on the World and Beyond. She also shares a lovely watercolor print she created.
Karen Edmisten is sharing the poem "A Dangerous Adventure" by James Tate. She's also sharing a serendipitous find that is pure Poetry Friday magic.
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Thanks for your waiting and place of presence poem Tricia. I especially like "The hammock remembers/the shape of a body/not yet there," your sense of calm, and lovely images too! Thanks also for rounding us up!
ReplyDeleteI have a "what if" Triptych with a wish for a calmer world, and a summer print: https://moreart4all.wordpress.com/2026/06/25/poetry-friday-triptych-prompt/
Tricia, thanks for hosting. I love your triptych and audibly sighed at the ideas of a hammock remembering and bees trusting. {*love*}
ReplyDeleteI'm in this week with James Tate's "A Dangerous Adventure" (and an insanely coincidental flashback about that poem to a Jama Rattigan post from 2009 that mentions both you and me. Whaaat?!! You'll see what I mean.) :)
My post is here.
Such beautiful vignettes, Tricia. I love how this form centers a 'pause' to consider the moments --each their own, yet together a picture of a season.
ReplyDeleteI'm offering a nonfiction picture book review of IN THE WORLD OF WHALES by Michelle Cusolito - (goes live Friday morning)
https://patriciajfranz.com/blog-in-the-world-of-whales/
Your poem is loaded with preparation and anticipation, Tricia. The onset of the warm season of balmy days is settling into place all around you. I enjoy the images contained in your Triptych. Thank you for hosting.
ReplyDeleteFrom my side of the world comes a poem inspired by a different season. A season when umbrellas bloom in bright colours.
https://alanjwrightpoetrypizzazz.blogspot.com/2026/06/umbrellas-are-pluviophiles-poem-alan-j.html