#1187 (#274)

they say the worms cry

this time of the year but not

on this city block

#1186 (#273)

last summer colour 

hanging on against the rot

those blue bell flowers

#1185 (#272)

along the river

a rumoured whisper of change

the wind in the reeds

#1184 (#271)

went off leaf peeping

but it seems there’s a limit

now i’m leaf peaking

#1183 (#270)

everything sends me 

to autumn contemplation

avoiding winter

#1182 (#269)

the sound of the fall

of one pawlonia leaf

and it all changes

#1181 (#268)

imagine yourself

warm, cosy, comfortable, like

an apple crumble

#1180 (#267)

the scarecrow watches

over and protects a field

it will never see

#1179 (#266)

in goal thinking more

about how the hills were gone

hidden by the fog

#1178 (#265)

a tin of sardines 

warmed up and spread out on toast

waiting for me there

#1177 (#264)

the flower garden

of my mind is walled and just

for the use of me

#1176 (#263)

scooping up what's left 

resembling those we ignore

rice sparrows visit

#1175 (#262)

moon viewing, is it?

more like big bright cloud watching!

only mystery.

#1174 (#261)

the wind in the reeds

shakes them like they haven't felt

for many months now

#1173 (#260)

the giant fish too 

big to see covers the sky,

its scales mackerel clouds

#1172 (#259)

watch when the pears fall

scramble to get to them first

before the foxes

#1171

a bench in a park under a shade tree looks nice sweat on a treadmill

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Written for the Tricycle July 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, shade tree, but was not entered. 

#1170 (#258)

watching the wagtails

through the classroom window i

waited for playtime

#1169

that first moment when sitting under a shade tree like a new found land

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Written for the Tricycle July 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, shade tree. 

#1168 (#257)

that autumn dusk chill

and that accompanying smell…

can you picture it?

#1167

the dripping wet fox

dreaming about the shade tree

even without leaves

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Written for the Tricycle July 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, shade tree. 

#1166 (#256)

the first autumn storm

suddenly ended summer

and brought us the chill

#1164 (#255)

tired campsiters 

after dinner staring up

at the milky way

#1165

a moment in time

under the perfect shade tree

lasts the whole day long

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Written for the Tricycle July 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, shade tree. 

#1163

the only child

sitting under the shade tree

watching all the rest

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Written for the Tricycle July 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, shade tree. 

#1162 (#254)

removed from the storm

watching from across the bay

lightning lit the hills

#1161

the shade tree throws shade

(not the type that keeps you cool)

avoid it like plague

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Written for the Tricycle July 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, shade tree. 

#1160 (#253)

that chargrilled sea bass

memory from the summer

warming me right now

#1159 (#252)

the peach juice runneth

like rivers this time of year

our contours for beds

#1158 (#251)

i feel like knotgrass

has been used to fill my face

this dust allergy

#1157

meet nicky fontaine:

after these three lines are read

we will know nothing

#1156 (#250)

less broad, but fragile

as the leaves of the bashoo plant.

(inedible too).

#1155 (#249)

stone lantern patterns

getting clearer by the night

as we tell stories

#1154 (#248)

refreshing autumn air

on my first day back at work

reviving my brain

#1153 (#247)

a slow arrival 

is the coming of autumn 

unlike the tourists 

#1152 (#246)

a baked potato 

crispy outside, fluffy in

a super comfort 

#1151 (#245)

dry red leaves stand out

against the hot clear blue sky

this first autumn day