Dan Gerber is the author of three novels, a short story collection, two works of nonfiction, and numerous books of poems, including The End of Michelangelo (Copper Canyon Press, 2022); A Primer on Parallel Lives; Sailing through Cassiopeia, winner of the 2013 Society of Midland Authors Award for poetry; and Particles. He has received the Michigan Author Award and the Mark Twain Award for distinguished contributions to Midwestern literature and has had work included in Best American Poetry. Gerber lives with his wife, Debbie, in the mountains of Central California.

Once Again, in August

by Dan Gerber

I continue composing my love letter to the Earth,
in all her beauty and affliction,
hoping I might love her
even a little bit more.

I write down the words
and blow on the paper
till the black ink stops shining
and the author is all but forgotten,
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