Sue Burke is a writer and certified Spanish to English translator. She writes a variety of forms, from journalism and essays to poetry and fiction, including the novel "Semiosis." More about her at https://sueburke.site/
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August ends
everything gone
to seed
—SUE BURKE
Gosh, some months everything can go wrong, go to seed, and some months feel magical regardless of troubles and issues.
lazy afternoon-
I drift along with the breeze
and dandelion seeds
Alan Summers
Publications credits: Aesthetics, (Bath Spa University 2007); Haiku Friends 2 ed. Masaharu Hirata (Japan 2007); see haiku here, Haiga artwork by Kuniharu Shimizu (Japan 2010)
Sue, I love this one. I'm just back from vacation, back to work and for me summer seems over. Yet in your poem, you show that the end of one thing contains the beginning of the next, with more flowers, sun, life to come.
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August ends
everything gone
to seed
—SUE BURKE
Gosh, some months everything can go wrong, go to seed, and some months feel magical regardless of troubles and issues.
lazy afternoon-
I drift along with the breeze
and dandelion seeds
Alan Summers
Publications credits: Aesthetics, (Bath Spa University 2007); Haiku Friends 2 ed. Masaharu Hirata (Japan 2007); see haiku here, Haiga artwork by Kuniharu Shimizu (Japan 2010)
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Sue, I love this one. I'm just back from vacation, back to work and for me summer seems over. Yet in your poem, you show that the end of one thing contains the beginning of the next, with more flowers, sun, life to come.
From the sadness of summer's end to hope for new beginnings. Lovely.
marion