Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

ceases - and after a short calm, a wind commences to blow from the west. A chewink calls constantly from Farqhuar’s and from some distant tree, a crow caws.(HT)The coming of this breeze August life seems to awaken, the Peter-birds & Cardinals become silent or are heard only from remote places. The katy-dids commenced their rasping chorus in the stubble field, from the hollow comes the crescendo of a cicada. A tigerswallowtail & a silver spotted fritillary go past, buffeted by the wind.The blue marble hill is being shattered to pieces by the