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Summer Jamboree

yarrow jamboree is five syllables
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Summer Jamboree

summer jubilee
 carnival spun in saffron ~
  long lemonade days

fields of sunflowers
glow like golden ocean waves ~
  summer fiesta

black-eyed susans spread
 into arid wilderness ~
  highway troubadours

drops of sunlight in 
 meadows of dandelions ~
  festivals of gold

butterscotch daisies
 shout sunny salutations ~
  topaz tapestries

yellow shooting stars
 twilight columbine galas ~
  lupine lemon drops

valley vistas glow
 like chalices of sunshine ~
  yarrow jamborees

Copyright © Sam Kauffman | Year Posted 2023

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Sara Kendrick Date: 8/8/2023 7:17:00 AM I like the use of color within your lines. Congratulations on this winning work in Brian's contest. Way to go. Thanks for sharing it with us. Sara Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/8/2023 10:38:00 AM Many thanks Sara for your lovely note of congratulations and your gracious compliments. For me, more than any other time of the year, summer bursts in shades of yellow! Sending you blessings of summer joy!

JCB Brul Date: 8/7/2023 8:46:00 PM Such a delightful treat for summer! Congratulations. Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/8/2023 10:36:00 AM Hi JCB! So wonderful to hear from you! Summer is, indeed, a time of delight! Thank you for your summer bright words of congratulations and your sunny compliments! Sending you summer blessings of bright joy!

Sotto Poet Date: 8/7/2023 4:20:00 PM You have admirably explored the myriad wonders of the summer season in your exquisite haiku collection. Sam, your portrayal of the various hues of yellow is truly captivating. This splendid depiction of nature at its finest encapsulates the boundless breadth of summertime. Congratulations on your win. Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/8/2023 10:42:00 AM Dear Lasaad! Your beautiful message is like a burst of yellow sunshine on a cloudy day! Had so much fun exploring the many hues of color yellow then blending the shades into the haikus. We celebrate summer like no other season with a lightness in our step and a bubbling joy - even in the heat and humidity! Gratitude to you and blessings dear friend.

Tom Woody Date: 8/7/2023 10:51:00 AM Well, you've certainly covered the many cool things about summer in your haiku series. My wife and I love summer Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/8/2023 10:34:00 AM Thank you so much Tom! Summer truly has a wonderful and very unique persona in shades of warm yellow! Even though I do love winter, summer captures my spirit and I look forward to her arrival every year. Sounds like we are kindred spirits in summer! Blessings of summer joy to you!

Bj Legros Kelley Date: 8/6/2023 9:17:00 PM Your poem is so joyful Sam, I love it! :) Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/7/2023 9:29:00 AM HBJ! So good to hear from you! I am so happy that the joy of summer in yellow came through to you! Even through the heat and summer storms we feel the joy of the season. Thank you for sharing that joy with me! Sending blessings of summer joy dressed in yellow!

Linda Alice Fowler Date: 8/5/2023 3:26:00 PM Such vibrance in your shades of yellow Sam. A glorious summer of nature's best. :) Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/7/2023 9:27:00 AM Hi Linda! Thank you so much! Yellow just seems to be summer's color - light and joyful like a happy dance! Even in the heat, all of us seem to feel the lightness and happiness of summer. Hope all is well. Blessings of summer joy to you!

Michelle Faulkner Date: 8/4/2023 8:43:00 AM Love your imagery, Sam, especially 'highway troubadours' (I don't even know that last time I saw that word!) and 'butterscotch daisies' - you have captured the vast expanse of summertime~ Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/6/2023 1:47:00 PM Hi Michelle, your lovely message brightened my day like summer yellow in full bloom. Had fun finding some new words. Aren't we lucky to be wordsmiths?! I have always loved the way you use words. Thank you so much for your feedback! . Hope you are having a wonderful summer. Blessings dressed in warm yellow hues to you!