the first whisper of
coolness on my cheek or neck,
flood of emotion
Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness - but was not entered.
... and occasional Tanka... and Haibun. Started after a competition on the unbound.co.uk blog (see #1 and #2). Mostly actually senryu, I think. This year attempting to publish a Haiku every day - 365 Haiku a Day. For good or for ill, I always aim to stick rigidly to a 5-7-5 structure - forgive me if I have counted the syllables wrong, often they are how I have said, or thought, them in my head rather than their official number.
the first whisper of
coolness on my cheek or neck,
flood of emotion
Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness - but was not entered.
hot heat everywhere
give anything for coolness
just one cool surface
Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness - but was not entered.
anticipation
in the queue for the fountain
and its cool relief
Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness - but was not entered.
the air con breeze in
forty degree July heat
is coolness heaven
Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness - but was not entered.
in a shady spot,
coolness breezing over me,
humans watch, jealous.
Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness.
the first air con kiss,
the first cool breath on your neck -
a sigh of relief.
Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness.
the hot panting dog
has one way to keep cool yet
never looks distraught.
Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness.
swimming pool silence,
the sky and clouds above me -
a world of coolness.
Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness.
in our cool bubble
protected, isolated,
together alone.
Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness.