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Summer Experience

scent of sweet grasses
searching for four-leaf clovers
new cut-offs grass-stained

FIFTH PLACE WINNER
written June 27, 2021
for "Summer Haiku" poetry contest
sponsored by Tania Kitchin

Copyright © L Milton Hankins | Year Posted 2021

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Sam Kauffman Date: 7/6/2021 10:42:00 AM Oh, what a wonderful memory of hunting for, and sometimes even finding, four leaf clovers. Even the grass stained cutoffs bring back lazy summer afternoons! Congratulations on your win Milt! Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 7/6/2021 11:12:00 AM Thank you, Sam, so much for your thoughtful comment.

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 7/4/2021 12:06:00 PM - Congratulations on your win ~ enjoy the summer :) - // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 7/4/2021 2:40:00 PM Thanks so much, Sunshine Smile. I appreciate your warm comment. You, too!

Andrea Dietrich Date: 7/3/2021 10:22:00 AM back with congrats. I thought it was so original, Milt!! Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 7/3/2021 12:43:00 PM Thanks, Andrea. I thought it would do better, too, but in this "contest market" I am happy with the placement. Thanks for the compliment.

Caren Krutsinger Date: 6/30/2021 11:30:00 PM And guess what? Someone scrubbed and scrubbed and never got those stains fully out! Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 7/1/2021 7:27:00 AM So true...in my case it was my mother.

Regina Mcintosh Date: 6/27/2021 6:11:00 PM Wonderful - Love it. God bless you. love, Gina Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 6/27/2021 6:48:00 PM Thanks, Regina. How well I remember ruining my new britches!

Andrea Dietrich Date: 6/27/2021 1:37:00 PM wow, I think we have a winner here!! Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 6/27/2021 1:45:00 PM Well, I can hope! Thanks for your encouragement, friend.

Daniel Turner Date: 6/27/2021 12:18:00 PM Great images from your words, Milt. Summer indeed! Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 6/27/2021 12:23:00 PM Thanks for your comment, Daniel. I really appreciated your visit and your read. I wrote a long list of summertime observances in 5 and 7 syllables, so I may be producing haikus through September! Have a wonderful week.

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 6/27/2021 12:01:00 PM - A sweet one, Milton ... mine is also about grass :) - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 6/27/2021 12:08:00 PM Well, I guess we'll just have to see who gets the four-leaf clover! LOL Wishing you the very best of luck in the contest, Anne-Lise. Thanks for reading my poem.