down the road
the dogs snoring through
the booming bass
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Tag: summer
tall shadows
tall shadows
flickering on the wall
porch moths
.
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after the rains
after the rains
a chirping sound
downstairs
I find a lone cricket
looking out the window
.
.
late summer
cavorting by the house
a cohort of crickets
.
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summer endings – – haiku
summer endings . . .
the open stillness of
cedar pods
.
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a stick – – haiku
a stick
far from its tree
climbing the wall
.
.
Apparently stick bugs live in trees, but I have come across them on the side of my house and once on the side of a water bucket.
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nuts – – haiku
black squirrel . . .
a nut twice the size
of his pouch
.
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broken washer – – tanka
broken washer
dripping jeans water
the parched earth . . .
by autumn new grass will be
the memorial
.
.
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dripping leaves – – haiku
dripping leaves . . .
a muted insect chorus
after the rain
.
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Haikai Challenge #152 – – Katydid
We have a multi-layered chorus outside our door, including not only katydids, but also crickets, grasshoppers, cicadas, frogs, and birds near and far. The chorus ebbs and flows with changing intensities and participants. Below is a photo of a katydid I spotted one day in August 2015:
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an odd flower – – tanka
an odd flower
on the mint
moves sideways . . .
a prayer
cloaked in illusion
.
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the cradle of summer – – haibun
August . . . the heat lingers still, but in a gentler way . . . or so it seems. The light is slanting and water falls from the clouds. I gather beans, sow seeds, and savour the shade.
visitors
come and go . . .
today a hummingbird
.
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Written on August 9, 2020.
