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Hot Haikus

HOT HAIKUS so hot! a satanic breeze rustling shadows sweat drip so hot! sidewalk sizzles cracked egg fried mid-air so hot! birds won’t sing earthworms gloat

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Matthew Anish

Date: 7/24/2012 12:29:00 PM

You capture midsummer heat well in these deft haikus. Peace & Blessings Matthew Anish

Kathryn Collins

Date: 7/24/2012 9:12:00 AM

Dave = Very Hot. Earthworms gloat or bloat! I love that satanic breeze. love, Kathy

Sara Kendrick

Date: 7/24/2012 6:21:00 AM

Great thought and inspiration..Enjoyed reading this morn..We had some of that heat this summer...Thanks for the kind review of my work...Sara

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/23/2012 9:26:00 PM

Oh, wow, I love these, Daver. Had not seen these from you before. Sizzling!!

David Williams

Date: 7/19/2012 10:42:00 AM

Daver I like these, last one is my favourite, it is freezing and wet here in UK, wettest summer on record.......David

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 7/19/2012 2:30:00 AM

Daver,, i need some pepper to go with the middle haiku...lol.. are them bird eggs dropping to the ground... cooking on sizzling sidewalks... he he he..Silly earthworm.... he's lucky hiding from the hot hot sun... xox~pd

Michelle Mac Donald

Date: 7/18/2012 5:32:00 PM

Great imagery for those blasted hot days, Daver! (Ellen loved this:). "Egg fried mid-air"! Thank you for sharing this with us!! Love, Mikki

Wilma Neels

Date: 7/18/2012 12:08:00 PM

Daver, you got me smiling with this one, imagining the heat while it is so cold in Cape Town :) enjoyed your series, love Wilma

Elizabeth Wesley

Date: 7/18/2012 11:42:00 AM

I guess you have the heat where you are too. We have been scorched for over a week, today some relief. And yes, the earthworms are not feeding the robins to my great concern. Great depiction ofheat Dave. P S "Rip each other apart at the seams" is our Danny boy's line! :)

Elizabeth Wesley
Date: 7/18/2012 11:43:00 AM