Hot Days

sunny sky

by Ivan Peledov

Clouds from the outskirts of the world
study brittle calligraphy of mouse tails.
People drink flyblown windowpanes all day long.
Butterflies sleep in the whispers of the sun.
How many glasses of water
could a heron hide in a field of tall grass?


Ivan Peledov lives in Colorado. He loves to travel and to forget the places he has visited. He has been published in Eunoia Review, Lost and Found Times, Red Fez, Illuminations, and other magazines. @ivan.peledov on facebook.