Summer Haiku 2009

2009-10-16T11:49:00.000-07:00

end of long week
getting rid of clutter
and bad energy

2009-10-15T14:01:00.000-07:00

topography of dreams
thick and heavy
I carry through the day
like stones in a pocket --

2009-08-31T09:40:00.000-07:00

.
summer visit
an old friend discusses
his speed dating
.

2009-08-31T06:22:00.000-07:00

dead-heading roses
a yellow blossom
for my hair

2009-08-31T05:16:00.001-07:00

a background
of blues -
clouds improvising

2009-08-31T04:01:00.000-07:00

summer fades to fall
pulling up the blanket
to ward off night's chill

2009-08-31T03:43:00.000-07:00

summer's end
a racehorse runs behind its shadow

2009-08-31T01:24:00.000-07:00

arum maculatum
in his orange breeches
red dogwood stems

2009-08-30T22:16:00.000-07:00

Leaves in the pool
drifting colours
time to pull the plug

2009-08-30T21:59:00.000-07:00

pulling up the sheet-
didn't know you had gone til
my calves lost their heat

2009-08-30T19:13:00.001-07:00

summer left
without saying goodbye-
waking up
in the cool morning,
my arms holding a pillow

2009-08-30T16:43:00.000-07:00

end comes
sweet summer time
autumn draws twilight

2009-08-30T11:11:00.000-07:00

goldenrod flutters
its lacy fingers waving
goodbye to summer

2009-08-30T08:27:00.001-07:00

a rough sea
breaks on the beach,
a thousand
knots unravelling
in my weary head

2009-08-30T08:19:00.001-07:00

between grey depths
of sea and sky
a white sail rides the wind

2009-08-30T08:13:00.001-07:00

all night listening
under a canvas skin
to the tail of a hurricane

2009-08-30T01:23:00.001-07:00

snail trails
over the bird table -
a fat thrush watches

2009-08-29T23:48:00.000-07:00

high grass -
an ant in the jungle
of my leg hairs

***

herbes hautes -
une fourmi dans la jungle
des poils de ma jambe

2009-08-29T17:06:00.000-07:00

nearing my birthday
I meet my uncle 'brother'
for just the first time

2009-08-29T10:35:00.000-07:00

autumn
blowing in -
dandelion clock's last day

2009-08-29T03:12:00.000-07:00

Nagasaki
the vapors of people
glaze on the dome

2009-08-29T01:03:00.001-07:00

Victoria plums
succulent from weeks of rain
A61 lay-by

2009-08-28T10:57:00.000-07:00

crickets sing old songs
fill cool late summer breezes
marigolds bright blooms

strolling through summer

2009-08-28T10:28:00.001-07:00

along city streets the joys of strolling through summer

2009-08-28T05:02:00.000-07:00

twist of willow leaf
the thin limb --
homeless woman's stare

2009-08-28T00:42:00.000-07:00

cobwebs shimmer;
Fuchsia's pink ballerinas
fall to the ground

2009-08-27T13:17:00.000-07:00

tiny spider
spins its yarns
I walk by --
tranquility interrupted

2009-08-27T11:47:00.001-07:00

supermarket run
Halloween candy displays
next to summer sale aisle

2009-08-27T11:36:00.000-07:00

from the front door
bird hops besides me
to the car

2009-08-27T11:24:00.001-07:00

frog plopping
into the pond
disturbing the stars

summer over

2009-08-27T04:57:00.000-07:00

summer over
at the end of the bridge
no looking back

photo: emily lin
words: mandy smith

First published on Summer Haiku 2007

2009-08-27T03:24:00.000-07:00

the garden
full of thistledown
...leaving

2009-08-27T01:16:00.001-07:00

sunlight through
yellowed raspberry leaves;
swifts on telephone lines

2009-08-26T21:54:00.000-07:00

small hours–

a light summer breeze tilts

the crow's call

note:

6am and very quiet except for one bird calling, and a crow's almost tentative response.

Photo Haiga

2009-08-26T15:16:00.000-07:00

From this shore
our tale begins
photo and the haiku

A new site with an old idea please join

2009-08-26T13:07:00.000-07:00

August evening -
a cool beer by looking for
the Great Bear

***

soirée d'août -
une bière fraîche en cherchant
la Grande Ourse

2009-08-26T11:57:00.000-07:00

in the war zone
a new song rising
in my spirit

2009-08-26T05:56:00.000-07:00

horse chestnut leaves
with strange brown blotches
BARCLAYS blue

2009-08-26T03:27:00.001-07:00

the sound of nails

on fencewood - a squirrel pours

into the garden

2009-08-26T01:23:00.000-07:00

Bindweed trumpets
among buddleia's faded mauves
summer fades

2009-08-26T01:16:00.001-07:00

cool rain patters
on an up-turned bucket --
yellow daisies weep

2009-08-25T11:55:00.000-07:00

morning break
touch of coolness in the air
filled with birdsong

2009-08-25T11:45:00.000-07:00

dying leaf
waiting to fall--
summer's end

2009-08-25T03:24:00.001-07:00

across the river
a dance-band:
couples fishtail and glide

2009-08-24T23:06:00.001-07:00

fresh blackberries
glistening with morning dew
pots of hot jam

2009-08-24T13:50:00.000-07:00

afternoon commute
fruit vendor hawking his wares
flies surround the cut melon

2009-08-24T13:49:00.000-07:00

on the cusp

between seasons;

neither here . . . nor there

2009-08-24T13:47:00.001-07:00

early morning heat
leans upon my back --

worms rise up from
earthy beds

2009-08-24T06:57:00.000-07:00

august heat simmers
sleepy sun sets
yellow orange skies

2009-08-24T00:31:00.000-07:00

on the breeze
three cabbage whites
dancing

2009-08-23T08:32:00.000-07:00

.
reading Hiroaki Sato's
erotic haiku anthology
summer heat

Hiroaki Sato’s ”Erotic Haiku” ISBN 4-89684-020-8
Stonebridge Press:
http://www.stonebridge.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?Search=Yes&sppp=50&searchcat=
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2009-08-23T06:58:00.000-07:00

Christening morning -
the clematis
sprinkles me with drops

2009-08-23T06:57:00.000-07:00

On the south patio
sitting with a cold beer
listen to the towns’ rock festival

2009-08-23T00:14:00.000-07:00

summer fire
crocosmia's crests
still stand proud

2009-08-22T23:28:00.000-07:00

children playings
in a nearby garden
- august twilight

***

jeux d'enfants
dans un jardin voisin
- crépuscule d'août

I’m trying; God knows I’m trying.

2009-08-22T13:56:00.000-07:00

tree swallows shifting through the wing beats

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2009-08-22T05:31:00.000-07:00

like tinnitus
in sunny afternoon garden
grasshoppers

* * *

kuin tinnitus
puutarhan iltapäivässä
heinäsirkat

2009-08-22T01:31:00.001-07:00

open window
brave postman
snarling dog

2009-08-21T22:25:00.000-07:00

five green leaves
fall in tumbling sunlight
toward summer's end

2009-08-21T13:32:00.000-07:00

back-lit leaf

the tree frog’s foot shadow darkens

2009-08-21T10:41:00.000-07:00

algae bloom
the green frog jumps
into my green pond

2009-08-21T10:00:00.000-07:00

.
bouts of flash rainfall–
too humid for a raincoat
I eat some pretzels

wheat and gluten free pretzels (and more):
http://www.trufree.co.uk/Product/Pretzels/
.

2009-08-21T09:13:00.001-07:00

a hawthorn -
like little red apples
in the rain

2009-08-21T05:28:00.000-07:00

hammering a tree trunk
a woodpecker
takes over the valley

2009-08-21T03:31:00.000-07:00

swirling wind
unscrewing
the blossoms

2009-08-21T03:29:00.000-07:00

2009-08-21T00:42:00.001-07:00

fresh morning scent
overnight rain
cat prints on counters

2009-08-20T14:52:00.000-07:00

after the rain
sprouted grass in the lawn
cats' tails flicking

2009-08-20T13:23:00.000-07:00

ozone alert -
my evening footing
with small strides

***

alerte à l'ozone -
mon footing du soir
à petites foulées

2009-08-20T09:30:00.000-07:00

.
perfect wedding -
the wonky bow
on her home-made dress

Karen Hoy
Blithe Spirit Vol. 12 No. 3 (September 2002)
http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=11692
.

2009-08-20T09:17:00.000-07:00

.
roadworks at dawn
walking home
in my evening dress

Karen Hoy
Blithe Spirit Vol. 12 No. 3 (September 2002)
http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=11692
.

2009-08-20T06:32:00.000-07:00

nettle sting
the breeze can't console
my burning leg

2009-08-20T03:40:00.001-07:00

riverside trees
toppled -
fish through the branches

2009-08-20T00:29:00.001-07:00

brisk wind
plums fall from trees
spattered lawns

2009-08-19T14:05:00.000-07:00

evening commute
wipers keep time with the radio
children skip in the rain

2009-08-19T12:04:00.000-07:00

thrum of grooved pavement
a tuneless syncopation --
highway lullaby

2009-08-19T04:54:00.001-07:00

dark river -
from a bird
a heart-breaking song

(for Billie Holiday)

2009-08-19T03:38:00.000-07:00

.
library cafe --
we swap lost key stories
as my coffee cools

• Presence haiku magazine #32 (2007) ISSN 1366-5367
• Tinywords.com 27th July 2007
http://tinywords.com/haiku/2007/07/27/
• St Ambrose University, Iowa, U.S.A. O’Keefe Library at SAU April 2007 The O’Keefe Brief
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2009-08-19T03:31:00.001-07:00

.
night rainforest
somewhere a treefrog
to a pocket pen

n.b. Mission Beach, Queensland (night rainforest walk)
Summer in Australia is different months. ;-)
.

2009-08-19T03:22:00.000-07:00

.
not knowing what to do
with his belly button fluff -
I put it back

'Hidden'
British Haiku Society Members Anthology 2002
Hub Haiku Series ISBN 1-903746-26-4
.

2009-08-19T03:21:00.000-07:00

.
in the cool of the ladies
four identical faces -
twins check their make-up

Karen Hoy
Blithe Spirit Vol. 12 No. 3 (September 2002)
http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=11692

n.b. 'cool' is a kigo for Summer
.

2009-08-19T03:20:00.000-07:00

.
a new month -
different seeds
on the spaniel's ears

Karen Hoy
The Haiku Calendar 2003
Snapshot Press ISBN 1-903543-05-3
.

2009-08-19T00:30:00.001-07:00

blackberries
in the hedgerow
nightshade jewels

2009-08-18T13:05:00.000-07:00

dog day afternoon
petal droops from rosebush
folks cross the street slowly

2009-08-18T10:55:00.000-07:00

disturbing
a wasp's nest - screams
from the slowest runner

2009-08-18T10:34:00.001-07:00

the scent of mimosa
catches one
after the fact -- a bit like love

2009-08-18T10:30:00.000-07:00

farmers' market
a watermelon rolls off
the cycle cart

-angel

2009-08-18T08:12:00.000-07:00

.
Siena rooftops
sketching the shapes
in my mind

Karen Hoy
pub. Yomiuri Shimbun 2004
(Japanese newspaper, circulation 10 million readers)
Go-Shichi-Go Haiku in English / Using poetic color in haiku
.

2009-08-18T08:04:00.000-07:00

.
long dry season –
the last flower
a baboon snack

Karen Hoy
Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar

n.b. the long dry season runs through June to September into October.
Tanzania weather and season patterns: Expert Africa weblink

2009-08-18T07:50:00.000-07:00

.
crowded carriage
the breeze around
a lone ragwort

Karen Hoy
The Haiku Calendar 2003
Snapshot Press ISBN 1-903543-05-3

n.b. the ragwort season arrives in the early part of the Summer

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2009-08-18T05:53:00.001-07:00

bluebottles:
shape
of the dead mouse

2009-08-18T05:10:00.000-07:00

warm green grass
in the cemetery
calls to me

2009-08-18T00:35:00.001-07:00

morning air
expectant
waiting for rain

2009-08-17T14:39:00.000-07:00

street
of bumping umbrellas -
stream of bright flotsam

2009-08-17T10:58:00.000-07:00

veins of rust
trickle down granite face --
sweet peas press for intimacy

2009-08-17T10:34:00.001-07:00

dog day afternoon
first hand knowledge for concept
of melting

2009-08-17T00:45:00.000-07:00

Lavender spikes
bending under stress -
bumble bees

2009-08-16T21:07:00.000-07:00

without wings--
two flying ants
two juggernauts

2009-08-16T16:50:00.000-07:00

winner’s circle
golf proYang lifts the blue sky

*PGA Golf Champianship

2009-08-16T16:40:00.000-07:00

grabbing and strangling

the curb -

tree root