summer breeze
slivers of colored glass
clink and sway

- Stephanie Roberts

sultry evening

taking the scenic route home

to enjoy the lawns

sultry morning
mosqutios, ants and roaches
resting in the shade

cutting thyme
scrubland invades
the kitchen

***

coupant du thym
la garrigue envahit
la cuisine

summer -
each leaf thrusting
out into space

after weekend wedding
scent of lillies fills the house

and very sore feet

the peony's
blood-red head
tilted on the sidewalk

(for Chet Baker)

lunch in the sun -
turmeric shines from
my samosa

cleveleys

cautious footsteps
head towards home -
incoming tide

words & photo
© gerald england, 2007

upside

upside down temperature rising greens everywhere

words: mandy smith
photo: lori bierly

mid morning chores
seeing first rose bloom on bush
nicer than its picture

morning gardening
folding in earthworms
with the annuals

Peonies

(Cross-posted over at But Wait, There's More!)

first light
waking to birdsong
before day's chores

midshift break
stopped by the honeysuckle
on the night air

sound of a waterfall
...wind through
the green willows

peacful

midday project
trenching, edging and filling
a new garden bed

ducks image©Alan Summers 2007

river light-
two girls 'quack compete'
with the ducks


Check out The Lock Inn's own pictures where I was eating a Summer Sunday lunch: The Lock Inn Café

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Intense sun --
even the cat
retreats to shade

lazy morning
noticing the shades of blue
in the sky

lazy afternoon
sharing great cherry pie
with ant colony

twilight,

serenaded by the birds

in the trees~

ending a busy day

with wordless thoughts

wild flowers
fill the little yard
missing the roses

weekend looming

beyond the gardening

chores stare back at me

wind of May -
someone whistles
in another garden

***

vent de mai -
quelqu'un siffle
dans un autre jardin

white on grey -
a gull flies
through the rain

rainswept path -
a woodpigeon walks
with drooping wing

in the tree
of heaven's shadows
hot dog vendor

raining afternoon
river lapping lazily
against it banks

sparrow sitting
peeps through the blossom
...laburnum ringlets

first light
rain filled coleous ridges
sparkle on back deck

peony unclenching
its redness
...beating heart

doffed to summer

first the sweater

then the shoes and socks

sunny Saturday
first ice cream truck of summer
rolling down the street

Summer Haiku 2007

Welcome to Summer Haiku 2007. This blog will celebrate the summer season in haiku (and related forms) from now until the end of July.