Delta: Early Summer
A Poem by Daniel Weiss
Geysers, trees
erupt from algae carpet. Knees
bent from chartreuse. Early
summer in the Delta makes
postcards out of swamps.
Time to tug life out of this place,
I imagine the cypress trees sigh.
Time to turn this place into something
holier and greener than they have made it.
Daniel Weiss (he/him) is a writer, archaeologist, and ceramicist originally from River Forest, IL. He earned his B.A. in anthropology from Kenyon College in 2024 and has since worked as an archaeologist. At Kenyon, he reviewed submissions for the Kenyon Review, helped found, curated, and produced layout for the college’s newest student-run literary magazine, and produced layout for the college’s oldest student-run literary magazine. As an archaeologist, he cherishes the opportunity to meet the past in person. He lets this experience, along with its inherent relationship to nature and the passage of time, inform his work. His work has been published in Shadowplay.
