summer – JJJ Interactive Books

First Loves

Summer vacation by the shore The cutest boy EVER Fun filled days at each other’s side Undying love claimed – forever more Sad tears fall at holiday’s end Heart doodles fill notebook as school begins … soon forgotten New boy at school – cutest EVER Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #307

A Kouta: Remaining Heat

Still air tightly grips Remaining heat of summer No fall winds blowing Rustling of tree leaves absent Not even mackerel clouds To stifle the sizzling sun Noses sneeze out hazy soot Best to stay indoors Cool night calls outside Milky Way stars wink As the chair rocks back and forth Buzzing mosquitoes bite legs Legs leapContinue reading “A Kouta: Remaining Heat”

End of Summer?

I rise to a relatively cool morning and throw open the windows for a breath of crispness. Aaah, fall is in the air! Until about 8 a.m…. The heat and humidity quickly stifle the exhilaration, reminding me that summer is not over. Another heat wave Summer flowers bow their heads Praying for reprieve dVerse HaibunContinue reading “End of Summer?”

Melting

Smoldering heat bakesClothes strewn leaves sweat beaded skin Hope for a cool breeze Seasonwords Week 30: “Major Heat” by Mark S. The featured photo was taken at beautiful Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. The bronze sculptures are collectively called “The Saint James Triad” by Richard McDermott Miller (1922-2004).

Stormy Start

It’s heresweltering heathigh humidity blendssky blackens with summer rain stormsbrewing at the airport ready to goon long planned vacationour flight delayedwe wait Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 44. My first attempt at a Butterfly Cinquain using the kigo phrase “summer rain storms.”

Rocking Marshside

Smoldering heat quashed Submerged in cool marsh water‘Til distant sun dipsMidsummer darkness beckonsRocking fine waterside chair Shadows of the nightTall reeds silhouette againstStar sparkled waterNo cutting the grass out thereImmersed in protective brine Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 43 Sadje’s What do you see # 245

A chōka: Summer Butterfly

Slow transformationMetamorphosis completeIt soars on a gentle breezeSummer butterflyViewing the world from aboveRelishing first flightIntoxicating pollenDraws it dancing on petalsOblivious of its past Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 42

Family Picnic

Family visitshot summer celebrationsfor new beginnings and generations of oldbabies and great grandparents Wished for swimming poolsexcessive heat comes in waveslocal lakes too warm Deftly prepped with lovechilled in refrigeratorwatermelon chunks for the family picnicsweet pink juice dribbling down chins Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 41 Colleen prompts us to incorporate the following kigo phrasesContinue reading “Family Picnic”

Hot Flash Summer

Sweat beneath the sheetsA different meaning wasHot summer bodiesEntwined deep into the nightNow forced apart with sheets thrown 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 40 Colleen asks us to use one of several proposed summer song lyrics to inspire our syllabic poetry. I chose “Summer heat, boy and girl / but oh, oh those summerContinue reading “Hot Flash Summer”

A Haibun: Spirit of Summer

I am loving the long, balmy days as we approach the Summer Solstice. I have picked the first cucumber from my garden and the few blueberries that the birds were kind enough to leave for me. I am taking almost daily trips to parks and gardens – staying local as I await the arrival ofContinue reading “A Haibun: Spirit of Summer”