Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Afternoon in the Grove, July 11, 1916; watercolor with graphite on paper, 14 x 20 inches, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Tony Sisti, 1979
How the hot noon sun pours down on the glaring crimson roses.
A heat withered leaf falling in a sun hazed forest -
Stars zigzagging above the lightning-lit horizon with its jagged border of black trees -
Poplars dying in the noon heat-haze –
Charles E. Burchfield, July 6, 1916