green everywhere i turn into summer
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Roberta Beary
Roberta Beary lives in Mayo, Ireland. Their work appears in Tiny Love Stories: True Tales of Love in 100 Words or Less (New York Times, 2020) and One Breath: Notes from the Reluctant Engagement Project (Doire Press/ Clan Beo, 2021) which pairs their haiku with artwork by families of people with disabilities. View all posts by Roberta Beary
Thank you tinywords editors for featuring my monoku!
Wonderful one line haiku!!!
The phrase "I turn" or "I turn into" is a fascination moment when we can be transformed, and the power of nature, in your case, it's Summer, which is kinda extending the warmer end of Spring into a brand new season. And of course we need to renew ourselves alongside each season.
For me, as much as I love late Spring, and then Summer bringing "on the green" it's actually snow that I turn to, for comfort, transformation, inspiration, and a return to childhood:
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the blue note I turn to wind-spun snow
Alan Summers
Blithe Spirit 23.4 (November 2013)
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Runner-up, The Haiku Calendar Competition 2014
Thank you, Alan. You comments and ku inspire me.
I rarely write haiku with a summer motif.
Something I (re)learn when putting together a new haiku collection.
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Look forward to reading the new haiku collection!
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Here's to Jack K, and also a wee glass of Jack D too! :-)
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the summer continuous reel of road Jack
Alan Summers
haikai/monostich series Mistero due volte
snow swirl; within each dizzy flake; seasons change.
__ My minimal thought… we all could be that 'flake'. _m