I dreamed among the ice caps long ago,
Ranging with the sun on the inward slope,
Down the wheel of seasons and the solstices.
—N Scott Momaday from Prairie Hymn
Summer
Solstice 2026: A watery dream accelerates as the ice melts. This
Earth, a place of stone, knows molten density. Knows solar intensity.
Thinking to and fro, this boat rocking through gateless sky. What do we
know?
Photo: Petroglyph, detail. High Lakes, Lake County, Oregon. Douglas Beauchamp.
CODA
What follows the light is what precedes it:
the moment of balance, of dark equivalence.
—Louise Glück from the poem Solstice
What follows the light is what precedes it:
the moment of balance, of dark equivalence.
—Louise Glück from the poem Solstice
