old walking partner
husky out of element
farm wo-man’s best friend
animal wears thick fur coat
pants in sunshine, sheds summer
Join Elsie at Ramblings of a Writer for tanka challenge: animals & sunshine
grieve a breeze
02 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in haiku series Tags: breeze, grieve, humidity, summer
“Time Travel: Ancient Japanese Poetry” with Chèvre at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
Even a breeze may fail me
When I desire it.
Little I should grieve,
If only, sure of its coming,
I could await even a breeze.
waka by Princess Kagami (7th century)
extreme summer
wrung out from humidity
even breeze feels hot
haiku by lynn__
watermelon days
07 Aug 2016 5 Comments
in haiku Tags: seeds, summer, watermelon
watermelon days
juicy summer drips sweetness
spits seeds of promise
photo by lynn
empty comes full circle
24 Jun 2016 5 Comments
in haiku series Tags: daughter, palm trees, princess, rain, summer
At Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, Chèvre challenges us to use these 12 words in order (one per line) in a haiku series (like 12 hours in full circle of clock): 1. summer 2. princess 3. willow 4. oasis 5. palmtree(s) 6. camels 7. cruise-ship 8. snow 9. rainbow 10. yellow 11. shrine 12. prayer (or praying)
sultry summer birth
dark-eyed princess baby girl
thin as willow wisp
parents’ oasis
simple hut under palm trees
daughter worth camels
poverty’s cruise-ship
huddle near fire when snow falls
wishing on rainbow
yellow fever strikes
bury princess near old shrine
praying in the rain
live smoothly
22 May 2016 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: honey, lazy, peach, rose, summer
I want to title this, “pink lemonade” but used word tiles given…
A poem created with magnetic poem kit 🙂
make hay, as they say
20 May 2016 5 Comments
in classical haiku Tags: baling, cows, farmer, hay, summer
Today, Boncho’s haiku (below) inspired mine. The smell of cut alfalfa is a wonderful aroma! Another season of haying will soon begin with our first cutting here in Iowa. It’s pleasant to drive tractor for baling hay, if not too windy and dusty.
farmer works up sweat
bales hay on summer evening
to feed hungry cows
-lynn
how cool cut hay smells
when carried through the farm gate
as the sun comes up!
-Boncho
photo by lynn
Nozawa Boncho was a Japanese poet born c.1640. He spent most of his life working as a doctor in Kyoto. Boncho was one of Matsuo Bashō’s followers and wrote many famous haiku in his day. This is my response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Utabukuro.
summertime dreams
13 May 2016 12 Comments
in tan renga Tags: blackberries, child, nap, summer
Tan renga challenge and photo taken from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
taste of nature –
sweet blackberry bushes
sing to child and bees
© Sara McNulty
pails full, fingers stained purple
take nap in dappled shade
(c) lynn
best dog days
03 Aug 2015 25 Comments
in free verse, mirror poem Tags: dog days, humidity, Lily, summer
At d’Verse Poets today, Toni invites us to write about the “dog days” of summer…
not gonna miss ‘em
our dog days are over
weather cools to 80’s
summer humidity drops
we can breathe again
heat made us both pant
my sweet silly Lily girl
husky-lab fur face friend
her final breaths labor
humidity of tears drop
105 fevered body cools
my dog’s days are over
oh, how i miss her !
Lily: faithful friend, walking partner, and quite possibly the best dog ever!
sweetly fragrant
01 Jul 2015 11 Comments
in haiga Tags: moon, strawberry, summer
- I learned about the “rose & strawberry moon” from my blogger friend.
- Read her beautiful post here: Constance Ann Morrison
the longest day
07 Jun 2015 15 Comments
in haiga Tags: eye, solstice, summer, sunlight
Haiga submitted to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s “Time Glass” challenge.
photo of Stonehenge (CDHK)
summer camper
23 Mar 2015 3 Comments
in haiku Tags: garden, mud snail, press on, summer
Linking with Carpe Diem Haiku Kai….
photo credit: afbini.gov.uk
a poem in my pocket 
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