August Welcome

 

It's August. The last month of summer. The harvest month. The ripest month. 

 

 

August (from 'The Months') - Linda Pastan

Barefoot

and sun-dazed,

I bite into this ripe peach

of a month,

gathering children

into my arms

in all their sandy

glory,

heaping

my table each night

with nothing

but corn and tomatoes.