hiatus

I won't be posting here in July and August.

Stay well.

See you in September

sultry

sultry afternoon . . .

fingering

the wind chimes

First published in Notes from the Gean

marmalade

midsummer morning . . .

licking marmalade

from a knuckle

prom

senior prom –

a little too big

for Dad's tuxedo

Caribbean Kigo Kukai, June, 2011; kigo/topic: "tuxedo"

after:21

cool of the evening

how happy I am

I was born a man

Kikaku 1661-1709

A comment by R. H. Blyth (Haiku, v. 3, p. 743):

What Kikaku meant was that being born a man enabled him to sit practically naked and cool himself in the evening breeze. But in addition, there is the fact that to be born a man instead of a woman is as much a matter of congratulation as being born a man instead of a giraffe.

A comment on Kikaku and Blyth by me:

cool of the evening

how happy I am

she's a woman

galaxies

distant galaxies . . .

taking another

wrong turn

First published in The Heron's Nest

dawn

dawn at the lake

I think about living

in the moment

First published in Modern Haiku

June 6

sixth of June

a quiet day

at the beach

June 6, 1944: Lest we forget.