Haiku Sticky #600

 

© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. 

Text:

third day near 100
all rational thoughts
sweated away

Happy Haiga Day!

 

© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.  Image: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705 

Text:

Produce Section

Oh, the urge to stop and smell
a peach (and give it a squeeze).
You've been disappointed
in Junes past, so you settle for
one more pint of strawberries.

August you'll be tired of peaches,
but not yet ready for a hard pear.

Six months from now you'll accept
anything approaching ripeness.

Haiku Sticky #599

 

© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. 

Text:

distant thunder
the chatter between crows
continues

Happy Haiga Day!

A few weeks ago, in a post Covid gathering, there was a discussion of the proposed Juneteenth federal holiday.  At least one person spoke up to say she had never heard of Juneteenth.  If you, too, were unfamiliar with the holiday and want to learn more than has been presented in media snippets over the past week, start with this post from the Library of Congress.

© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. 

Text:

Juneteenth

"how come I never
learned that in school?"

American minds may
yet be emancipated by
a proclamation of truth

Haiku Sticky #598

 

© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

Text: 

 

Lunch, June 2021

Reunion of old friends
after the pandemic.
Same old, same old
never more welcomed.

Happy Haiga Day!

 

© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.  Image:  U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

Text:

June strawberries
freshly plucked the scent
as heady as the taste

Haiku Sticky #597

 © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

Text:

temperature in the 90s

spider runs up and down
the kitchen wall

where it finds the energy
I don't know, but I can't
stop watching it in awe
 

Happy Haiga Day!

 © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.  "Three Pears" by Paul Cézanne.

Text:

early June

the pear tree interlaced
with walnut-sized fruit

come September after
birds and squirrels feast
we'll be lucky to find three

Haiku Sticky #596

 

© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

Text:

it's been a year since
democracy took a direct
hit of tear gas

the devil waved a bible
with a look of defiance

who is left to pray