Haiku a Day

Friday, August 31, 2018

August 31, 2018

Cyclamen blooms show
summer's winding down- morning
dew, Fall's calling card.


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Thursday, August 30, 2018

August 30, 2018

Peach cobbler simmers,
wafting delicious baked scents-
summer's sweet ending.


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Wednesday, August 29, 2018

August 29, 2018

The crop is rolling
in, one little morsel at
a time- autumn chill.


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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

August 28, 2018

Sun fades quietly,
colour, our evening gift- birds
twitter as light fades.


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Monday, August 27, 2018

August 27, 2018

Autumn crocuses
amongst the fading flowers-
a sign of the times.


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Sunday, August 26, 2018

August 26, 2018

Vivid violet,
colour rescue on cloudy
day- fall is coming.


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Saturday, August 25, 2018

August 25, 2018

I don a sweater,
cool breeze, misting of rain- can
feel fall swooping down.


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Friday, August 24, 2018

August 24, 2018

Last throes of summer,
colour and fragrance mingle-
before the leaves fall.


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Thursday, August 23, 2018

August 23, 2018

Sun slips speedily
towards the blue horizon-
one last orange shout.


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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

August 22, 2018

Catch a falling fly,
put it in your mouth- never
let it get away. . . .


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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

August 21, 2018

Strange smoky sunset,
air close and suffocating-
sleep still hours away.


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Monday, August 20, 2018

August 20, 2018

Parched earth still gives gifts,
tart blackberries housed in thorns-
reward for the brave.


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Sunday, August 19, 2018

August 19, 2018

Boatful of sunshine,
golden beauty- heavy heads
nod with summer sleep.


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Saturday, August 18, 2018

August 18, 2018

Warmth radiates as
sun sinks into bed- light fades
as we close our eyes.


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Friday, August 17, 2018

August 17, 2018

Our harvest lines the
windowsill- one blissful bite
after another.



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Thursday, August 16, 2018

August 16, 2018

You slip away, no
goodbye- but soft breeze shifting
summer scents my way.


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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

August 15, 2018

Fruit and flowers grow,
beautiful without straight rows-
summer's splendid show.


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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

August 14, 2018

Velvet petals fall,
one by one, scattered by breeze-
but new blooms emerge.


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Monday, August 13, 2018

August 13, 2018

Smoky summer day,
sun a tangerine blaze- blue
skies hidden for now.


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Sunday, August 12, 2018

August 12, 2018

Summer weeks fly by,
a hive of activity-
but days grow shorter.


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Saturday, August 11, 2018

August 11, 2018

Wear your striped jacket,
meet for beautiful brunch- it's
a buzzworthy place.


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Friday, August 10, 2018

August 10, 2018

Year after year, our
love blooms warm as rays of sun-
golden years ahead.


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Thursday, August 09, 2018

August 9, 2018

Even without hue,
flowers breathe beauty- fresh picked
gladiolus shine.



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Wednesday, August 08, 2018

August 8, 2018

Dish fit for a bee,
lunch al fresco in the sun-
then back to office.


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Tuesday, August 07, 2018

August 7, 2018

On a hot summer
day, an oasis awaits-
beauty and the bee.


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Monday, August 06, 2018

August 6, 2018

Deep breath in, evening
is here- admire sunset, birds’
sleepy songs, sweet breeze.


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Sunday, August 05, 2018

August 5, 2018

August unfolds, one
bloom at a time- warm days coax
a feast for senses.


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Saturday, August 04, 2018

August 4, 2018

Heavenly fragrance
wafts through house- olfactory
bliss stolen from earth.


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Friday, August 03, 2018

August 3, 2018

Sun has broken clouds,
gladiolus sing their glad
summer songs- listen.


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Thursday, August 02, 2018

August 2, 2018

Clouds screen morning sun's
kiss to seas stretching to the
horizon- I yawn.


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Wednesday, August 01, 2018

August 1, 2018

Summer garden blooms
with fruit and flowers- a race
against time to fall.


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A haiku is a Japanese poem sometimes with the first line consisting of five syllables, the second of seven syllables, and the last line of five syllables.

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