Half Past Summer, Two Months Till Fall

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(Entry for the Half Past Summer, Two Months Till Fall Poetry Contest, sponsored by Andrea Dietrich, submitted July 18, 2025)

it's half past summer and the best is yet to come... warm temps...then cooler in August through September the harvest beckons and stirs

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/28/2025 11:01:00 AM

Nice reflective tanka. Congrats and thanks for your participation, Jim

Jim Healey
Date: 7/28/2025 11:04:00 AM

Thank you, Andrea. Always a pleasure. Take care.

FJ Thomas

Date: 7/22/2025 8:29:00 AM

A lovely tanka Jim :) Though where I live the month of August may very well kill you lol.

FJ Thomas
Date: 7/22/2025 1:33:00 PM

Summers there sound lovely, but I have a feeling I wouldn't be able to handle the winters lol. I do enjoy a cup of tea, not only iced tea as we US Southerners are stereotyped with... although I do enjoy a nice glass of sweet tea hehe

Jim Healey
Date: 7/22/2025 1:24:00 PM

Fortunately, I live in Canada, next to the Atlantic Ocean, so summers are not too intense. Glad you enjoyed the tanka. (And I like your avatar! I take it that you love tea. So do I!) Take care. Jim

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 7/19/2025 5:12:00 PM

hot here now in Texas and will be till mid September. Leaves fall off the trees due to the heat and not from the changing of the seasons...I'm already looking forward to those cooler temps you mention. Best wishes with the contest, Sara

Jim Healey
Date: 7/24/2025 5:21:00 AM

Thank you, Sara. The past 3 days here have seen temps in the high 60s - low 70s (Fahrenheit) range. Not bad.

Dr. Vandana Sharma

Date: 7/18/2025 9:30:00 AM

Already waiting for the autumn ! Best wishes.