SUMMER HAIKUS

Remember in 4th grade when your teacher taught you that ANYONE could write poetry? And you learned to write Haikus?

Our local newspaper has a weekly Haiku contest.

They throw out a topic like GRASS or CHERRIES.

The winner gets $25.

I haven't entered.

I haven't played along.

But yesterday, I was thinking of all the things that remind me of summer.

And rather than make a LIST,

I wrote some Summer Haikus.

Don't laugh.

You can do it too!

Three lines - first line = 5 syllables, second line =7 syllables, third line = 5 syllables.

Write your own and comment back.

I want to read yours!

SUMMERTIME

Long days of nothing
No plans, no obligations

Do just what you want

Under breezy trees
White clouds drift through turquoise skies
Views mottled by leaves


Juice dripping freely
From melons, peaches, cherries
Staining chins and hands

Swim suits and towels
Coppertone wafts through the air
True scent of summer

Cherry or grape please

Orange is last to be picked

Ice cold, sticky bliss


Sizzle, Steam, Smoke
Eating to the crickets’ song
Hamburgers, Hot Dogs and Ribs

Slowly, slowly falls
the sun into night. Streetlights on.
Darn! Time to go in.

The ceiling fan whirs
Heat hangs in the air outside
I twist in the sheets