Summer Solstice writes earth's verses in flames of light. Nature basks in intense brilliance, and cicada's song resonates through airy lace. Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet Gao Pian wrote in his poem "Summer Day in Mountain Pavilion": The summer day's as long as the green shade's cool; The pavilion casts its shadow into the pool. Let's cherish nature's splendor, bright and brief, before twilight claims its waning flow.