haikumages

Category Archive: Summer

10 Jul

Speedo to fat man: / what possessed you to buy me? / thoughts of someone slim?

Twoku: Speedo asks / why did you buy me / slender thoughts? Topical Note: this haiku began as a response to a 2010 (or was it 2011) Facebook status post…
2012/07/10 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
07 Jul

Beautiful flower / reveals another beauty / behind its petals.

Twoku: Behind its / petals, more beauty / is revealed.
2012/07/07 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
06 Jul

The hydrangea / soft blue beacon in the dim / light of dusk falling.

Twoku: Hydrangea / soft blue beacon / dim dusk light.
2012/07/06 at 11:11 am 2 Comments
04 Jul

The force of July / exploding lights remind us / we’re independent.

2012/07/04 at 3:34 pm 1 Comment
02 Jul

Flag, symbol, tethered / tattered, invoked and waved for / many purposes.

#2 of a Threeku (haiku triplet) for US Independence Week.  
2012/07/02 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
29 Jun

Wilting, withering / oppressing, enervating / the heat takes its toll.

Twoku: Wilt, wither / the destructive heat / takes its toll.
2012/06/29 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
25 Jun

Felled by vines / flower grows again / undeterred.

Twoku: The fallen flower / pulled down by vines, grows again / sun-ward, undeterred.
2012/06/25 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
09 Jun

Wet footprints / after walking through / morning grass.

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02 Jun

Beautiful lawn weed / demands my admiration / instead of pulling.

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01 Jun

The wild strawberry / bright red fruit, a lovely sight / sadly, not too sweet.

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28 May

Memorial day / sacrifices made since time / immemorial.

2012/05/28 at 11:11 am 3 Comments
23 Apr

Climate change / season’s borders blur / together.

NOTE: this is a first attempt at the contemporary-retro-traditional 3-5-3 syllable count in a haiku (or senryu). See the “Syllables” paragraph on this blog’s “About” page to find out what…
2012/04/23 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
05 Apr

Young people who think / they are invincible are / in fact, vincible.

2012/04/05 at 12:11 pm 1 Comment
30 Dec

Haikumages: Project 366 for 2012

2012 is apparently a very special year, at least in the Mayan calendar, or so I’m told. It’s also a leap year with 366 days… Don’t you think that, if…
2011/12/30 at 12:57 am 2 Comments
13 Jul

As climate changes / borders of seasons are blurred / inseparable.

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