June (summer) solstice

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heat touching my neck

saying spring has departed

June sun rules the sky

~

once fragile and new

now boisterous and green

long summer days

~

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Inspired by today, June 21, summer solstice and by Haikai Challenge #38. You might want to follow the challenge link to find more summer solstice poems in Japanese form.

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Published by Janice

My name is Janice.  I started blogging as Ontheland when I moved from Toronto to a rural area near Kingston, Ontario in Canada.  Over time I have found myself writing poetry, mostly in Japanese forms, such as haiku and haibun.  One of my deepest interests is the natural world: the joy of it and how we can look after it better.

12 thoughts on “June (summer) solstice”

  1. Happy Midsummer, Janice! 😀🌺 A lovely poem with great contrast between the Spring and Summer –
    ‘once fragile and new

    now boisterous and green’
    That sums it up perfectly!
    A special day today … I just don’t want to think of the days already growing shorter. Summer must be savoured first!

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