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Welcome, poets! I am Frank J. Tassone, your host for Haibun Monday, when we write haibun—that blend of prose-poetry and haiku. Today, let’s consider the warmest season of the year: Summer!
Why Summer, you ask? A fair question, considering that the Summer Solstice is just under a month away. Well, to begin with, many traditional, lunar calendars begin summer on the first of May. According to these calendars, the Summer Solstice is Midsummer’s Day. Additionally, the United States holiday of Memorial Day, which happens next week, marks the unofficial beginning of Summer throughout the country. Beaches, Amusement Parks, and other summertime fun businesses open for the season then. Plus, the northeastern US just experienced a heatwave. The outside temperature peaked at 90 degrees Fahrenheit!
Yes, some scorching days will come. So will the fullness of green leaves, the bloom of annuals, and the radiance of long days. The white foam on hot sand from constant tides, the delightful screams of riders on roller coasters, the pleasure of ice cream on hot afternoons: the delights of summer abound!
Consider how some Haijin celebrate this season:
finally summer vacation . . .
walking barefoot
above the hills
— Eufemia Griffo
beach holiday —
my daughter’s faith
in sand castles
— Arvinder Kaur
come summer
the call of the breeze
on my priority
— Angelo Ancheta
from Haiku in the Workplace: Summer Vacation Plans
Let’s join in the celebration of Summer! Write a haibun that alludes to this hottest of seasons.
New to haibun? The form consists of one to a few paragraphs of prose—usually written in the present tense—that evoke an experience and are often non-fictional/autobiographical. They may be preceded or followed by one or more haiku—nature-based, using a seasonal image—that complement without directly repeating what the prose stated.
New to dVerse? Here is what you do:
- Write a haibun that alludes to Summer.
- Post it on your personal site/blog.
- Include a link back to dVerse in your post.
- Copy your link onto the Mr. Linky.
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- Read and comment on some of your fellow poets’ work.
- Like and leave a comment below if you choose to do so.
- Have fun!
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I think we’ve gone back to winter here – or at least very early spring – it’s rainy and cold! So a summery prompt was very welcome.
It cooled off today here, too, Sarah. Happy you can join in!
Thanks for hosting Frank. Gonna put my shades on, put “Pet Sounds” on the turntable, and think summer. Thus inspired, I’ll have at a write… 😎
Looking forward to it, Rob!
Good afternoon, poets! The Pub is open! 😀
Nice prompt. Lately I’ve been thinking that “summer”should begin earlier than the actual Summer Solstice. I’ve been thinking maybe June 1st.
Sure feels like Summer should begin earlier, doesn’t it?
Frank, I am sorry for the two bad loads on Mr. Linkey. Someone had hijacked this post and redirected it to their site leaving my draft site with just my title. I had to go back an spam them. The last entry should be right. Please delete the first two.
Thank you for hosting and for taking care of my mess.
No worries, Dwight. I’ll take care of it.
Ain’t much that’s better than a haibun prompt I must say….Thanks very much for this delightful one…
Happy you made it for this one!
Thanks for hosting with this cool prompt, Frank, but I have to ask: What is this “summer” of which thou speaketh?
love your awesome prompts Frank!
👏
I hope you’re enjoying the warmth and making the best of it Frank, always great to write about summer.