Each week, the Standard reaches out to Austin’s Typewriter Rodeo for a custom poem on Texas topics.
Michael Minasi / Texas Standard
The sun is pictured through a solar filter on April 7, 2024, the day before a total solar eclipse, in Kerrville.
An ode to Texas sun
it kissed my skin
turned me golden
holds me close
in the late afternoon
i may complain
during its reign
just to miss its nearness
when enduring the midnight rains
i’d gotten to stare at it
not too long ago
through protective lenses
and the moon’s gentle hands
and what i saw
made me fall in love
with its rays, ways
and how it graces our lands
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