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Sun Scorched Leaves - Angled Stock Image - Image of blue, brown: 101227623

summer’s scorching heat leaves curl up burnt to a crisp the tree’s life threatened

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/21/2023 5:14:00 PM

Nice one, Bill

Bill Baker
Date: 8/22/2023 4:57:00 PM

Thanks, Andrea. I trying to get back into posting more. Smiles ~ Blessings Bill

Deb M

Date: 8/20/2023 11:15:00 PM

Perfectly said in very few words Bill! You have soupmail! Debx

Bill Baker
Date: 8/22/2023 4:56:00 PM

Thanks for the visit and comment, Deb. I read my soup mail and send you a reply. :-) Hope your week goes well, my dear friend. Hugs, Bill

Eve Roper

Date: 8/20/2023 8:34:00 PM

Great imagery. This heat is really giving our nature thirst.

Bill Baker
Date: 8/20/2023 10:50:00 PM

You're right, but the rain will fall sometime. :-) Thanks for the visit and comment, Eve. Smiles ~ Blessings Bill

David Kavanagh

Date: 8/20/2023 2:47:00 AM

Hard for me to imagine this one bill, we’ve had record rainfall over here all summer, but on the whole I count my blessings I certainly don’t want to see this stark haiku outside my window, brilliantly written as it is, cheers David

Bill Baker
Date: 8/20/2023 10:49:00 PM

It gets a lot worse here in Texas, especially in the summer heat. Over 100 degrees except for two cooler days (at 98) in the last month here. Glad your weather is better, or at least wetter. :-) Have a great week! Bill

Ink Empress

Date: 8/19/2023 7:46:00 AM

Such a powerful haiku this is , it is impressive that a haiku can describe and depict such intense and strong imagery of a scorching summer in just few syllables. I especially love the “ leaves curl up burnt to a crisp” even in summer we get to see leaves drying from the sun and you’ve described that so vividly. So good to read your words, i hope to read more in the future

Bill Baker
Date: 8/19/2023 8:08:00 AM

Thank you for reading and commenting on my poetry, Ink Empress. My plants and one fruit tree are really suffering this summer. Welcome to Poetry Soup! Smiles ~ Blessings Bill

Mike Gentile

Date: 8/19/2023 6:08:00 AM

Indeed bill, your Summer imagery fits well in haiku! I am scorched as well!! Happy Saturday!

Bill Baker
Date: 8/19/2023 8:13:00 AM

Happy Saturday to you, Mike. Thanks for the comment, my friend. Keep cool! Bill

Bj Legros Kelley

Date: 8/18/2023 10:57:00 PM

My trees too, very alarming, isn't it? I am worried about two of our trees, doing just like the photo you shared. Scary. Even the saguaros in AZ are suffering; even they are getting too hot! :(

Bill Baker
Date: 8/19/2023 8:17:00 AM

:-( I agree, BJ. Thanks for the visit and comment. I was stationed in Tucson, while in the Air Force and have family in Phoenix. Az like Tx Can get extremely hot. Have a great weekend! Bill

Robert Lindley

Date: 8/18/2023 11:33:00 AM

My friend a truly fine haiku about the hot, hot weather. Such that is very tough on man, beast and plants. Yet Mother Nature will do as it wishes. We are just useless interfering baggage to Mother Nature my friend. God bless.

Bill Baker
Date: 8/19/2023 8:20:00 AM

I know we're to be thankful in all things, God is in control, not Bill Baker. LOL Have a pleasant weekend, Robert. Bill

Joe Dimino

Date: 8/18/2023 8:11:00 AM

Need I tell anyone about Phoenix...? I have seen this, in fact, watched it happen real-time--my poor basil. Excellent Haiku. Blessings my friend.

Bill Baker
Date: 8/19/2023 8:22:00 AM

Thank you for the visit and comment, Joe. I'm looking forward to cooler weather this Fall. Have a pleasant weekend, my friend. Bill

Malabika Ray Choudhury

Date: 8/18/2023 6:31:00 AM

Such a great Haiku, Dear Bill. You are in Texas - I can imagine (I have visited Texas before) the scorching heat...but being in Canada, I envy your weather. And the picture is just perfect! Best wishes ~ Mala

Bill Baker
Date: 8/19/2023 8:24:00 AM

Thank you, for the comments, Mala. I've been skiing in Canada and stay at Lake Louise, Alberta. Have a pleasant weekend, my friend. Bill

Vijay Pandit

Date: 8/18/2023 4:12:00 AM

Perfect summer burnt imagery, Bill. There is beauty in scorching too!

Bill Baker
Date: 8/19/2023 8:26:00 AM

True, Vijay. All in the eye of the beholder. I try to see the beauty in all of creation. Thanks for the visit, my friend. Have a great weekend! Bill

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 8/18/2023 3:55:00 AM

Such a wonderful haiku, Bill. Your creation describes what happens in our part of Texas during July and August...been that way for as long as I remember. Still, I have difficulty watching the trees succumb to the heat as well as the flowers and plants in our garden. Well done, my westside writing bear! hugs from your eastside writing bear

Bill Baker
Date: 8/19/2023 8:28:00 AM

Thanks for the visit and comments, Sara. Yeah! today's go to the gym day! Two bears in a modern day cave. :-) Bill

Sara Kendrick

Date: 8/18/2023 1:39:00 AM

Xaroncharoo work. Three short lines brings into view what is threatening our world. Thanks for sharing and for dropping by my page. Sara

Bill Baker
Date: 8/19/2023 8:36:00 AM

Couldn't find Xaroncharoo, but sounds like an interesting word, Sara. Thanks for the comments! Have a pleasant weekend. Bill

Valsa George

Date: 8/18/2023 12:50:00 AM

The temperature around the globe has risen to an unprecedented level. Not only trees and plants, but the whole life on earth is under threat. Great haiku dear Bill !

Bill Baker
Date: 8/19/2023 8:38:00 AM

Thanks, my dear friend, for your comments and friendship. Have a pleasant weekend, Valsa. Bill

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 8/17/2023 8:45:00 PM

After having just endured four straight days of triple digit temps, I can feel for the poor leaves and the trees, hope you have cooler weather where you are~

Bill Baker
Date: 8/19/2023 8:42:00 AM

I'm in Texas, we had a cool spell pop through for two days (it only got up to 98 degrees). Only days under 100 for a month. Heat rating is 114 today. Can't wait for Fall. :-) Thanks for the visit and comments, Michelle. Bill

Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/17/2023 7:41:00 PM

Sad sights these days, unfortunately.

Bill Baker
Date: 8/17/2023 7:55:00 PM

Our fruit trees are struggling, they're only 2 years old. Thanks for the visit, my friend. Bill

Speaks Volumes

Date: 8/17/2023 7:04:00 PM

The extremes of our weather can be so harsh, even cruel at times, and your poem describes it so eloquently Bill. Most enjoyed.

Bill Baker
Date: 8/17/2023 7:56:00 PM

Thanks for the visit and comment. Have a great week! Bill

Jerry Brotherton

Date: 8/17/2023 6:34:00 PM

Bill, nicely done. I hate the heat of summer but love your Haiku.

Bill Baker
Date: 8/18/2023 5:11:00 PM

Thanks, Jerry. I'm ready for Fall. :-) Have a great weekend, my friend. Bill

Sally Eslinger

Date: 8/17/2023 6:01:00 PM

Bill, truly sadly so. A hard time for so many, but so much harder to see all other living beings (& “thing”) suffering through compassionate hearts & eyes, esp. as poets may…i think perhaps even some trees may sense our feeling sadness for their suffering. A mystery indeed. Hoping you & yours are staying cool. I’m 1 day post op. Ouch. Xoxo sallu

Bill Baker
Date: 8/18/2023 5:13:00 PM

Take care of yourself, Sally. I'll pray your recovery goes well. You're right, poets do tend to feel more of the emotions and pain of others. Thanks for the visit and comments, my friend. Bill