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Last Sigh

brief hot spell erupts warms mid-September season last sigh of summer written September 10, 2021

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 9/12/2021 12:47:00 PM

Ending line is perfecto!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/12/2021 5:40:00 PM

Thanks so much. This little haiku has gotten more attention than I ever imagined. I do kind of like it myself.

Judy Ball

Date: 9/11/2021 7:17:00 AM

Ah Beautiful Milton. It's lightly raining here in Airdrie, Alberta today. A nice soaking light rain that we need here on the prairie. Getting ready for Fall. God Bless, JB

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/11/2021 8:46:00 AM

Thanks so much for your read and the comment, JB. I always appreciate hearing from you. I'm thinking Airdrie would be like parts of South Dakota I visited recently. I do hope the rain doesn't turn cold yet.

Mike Gentile

Date: 9/11/2021 5:08:00 AM

Milton, your haiku expresses so very well this seasonal turn! I really enjoyed it, Happy Saturday!!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/11/2021 8:48:00 AM

Thank you so much, Mike, for your response to my little haiku.

Heidi Sands

Date: 9/11/2021 3:37:00 AM

Perfect. Yes, the last sigh of summer :)

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/11/2021 8:48:00 AM

Heidi, I appreciate your observation on my poem. Always good to hear from you.

Evelyn Judy Buehler

Date: 9/10/2021 8:40:00 PM

Milton, your imagery rich haiku portrays the waning summer season, and our current weather, perfectly. Blessings, Evelyn :)

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/11/2021 8:49:00 AM

Thanks so much, Evelyn. Good to hear from you.

Shirley Hawkins

Date: 9/10/2021 8:30:00 PM

I liked the thought of summer sighing. Is she sighing sadly or sighing because she is glad to go.... We are a few weeks into Spring and everything has starting to bloom. the weather is warming up after a colder than usual winter...

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/11/2021 8:50:00 AM

Obviously our seasons are reverse. Good to have your thoughtful comment on my poem. I'd say she's sighing sadly, since I'm not a great lover of cold weather! Best wishes for the weekend, Shirley.

Sotto Poet

Date: 9/10/2021 6:41:00 PM

Milton, your metaphor and sensual sound echo in this wonderful Haiku.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/11/2021 8:50:00 AM

Thanks so much, Lasaad. Good to have your reaction to my haiku.

John Lawless

Date: 9/10/2021 6:19:00 PM

nicely done Milt. Worked outside most of my life and swear that I could hear and feel that subtle sound.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/10/2021 6:36:00 PM

Hope you had a good day, John. Also, I hope you didn't get sunburned. It got up into the high seventies here in Kentucky. Fall is in the air, but Indian Summer is nigh.