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In Summer Haiku

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in summer it's bright
the gloom is shuttered indoors
behind the curtains

balmy summer nights
eating outdoors in the breeze
simple dishes bliss 

the warm summer sea
beckons beach goers to swim
honey syrup sweet

already it's hot
shade ominous in shadows 
welcomes sea breeze gusts 

repasts of summer
after long winter gruel
gush exuberance

such fun in the sun
is stirred and spurred by summer
heat makes the blood flow

winter dies with you,
summer endless afterlife  
in heaven or hell

winter color blind
daubers everything in drab grey
summer colors in

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Date: 8/8/2019 10:39:00 AM
beautiful haiku. loved reading your work today!
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Date: 8/16/2018 8:45:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved win John with your excellent string of haiku, so well written. :))
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Date: 8/15/2018 4:10:00 PM
Fun imagery, John. Congrats on your top win.
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Date: 8/14/2018 11:07:00 PM
Congratulation on your win! I enjoyed the summer haikus very much. Well-written, especially liked "repasts of summer..." :)
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Date: 8/14/2018 10:11:00 AM
A lovely string of Haiku, John, and I enjoyed listening to you read your poem. Congratulations on your Podium win. Sandra
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