relentless heat
moisture draining
from the vines
the gardener roams with
hope and a bucket
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Category: Poetry
chores – – haiku
summer chores
cool bucket water sloshing
onto my skin
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summer moon – – haiku
summer moon
far above the murmurs
of distant thunder
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buck moon – – haiku
young buck moon
rising in the meadow
Queen Anne’s lace
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staying cool – – senryu
staying cool
watching the news of
summer snow
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summer balm – – haiku
summer balm . . .
a glimpse of flowers
from my window
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secret garden – – haiku
secret garden . . .
a clan of blue irises
down by the pond
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Haikai Challenge #145 – – wild iris
Blue flag (iris versicolor) by Jacopo Werther,
(photo under Creative Commons license 2.0, with crop)
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raindrops – – haiku
raindrops . . .
feather fronds rising
from clay
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crescent moon – – haiku
crescent moon
on a cool summer night
feeling alive
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ants – – haiku
black ants
in the kitchen
summer cleaning
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