HAIKU OF EARLY AUGUST!

(Each haiku is an individual poem, though related to the others)

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White dots gone from lakes,

Swans are training their young ones…

Soon…to take over!

–J.E.C.

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Last-of-season sales,

Clearing out for winter stock…

Cars, clothes…furniture!

–J.E.C.

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Cicada around,

Ringing waves of night time sound…

Sign of Fall’s approach!

–J.E.C.

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Our Cottage refuge,

Once the family respite…

Has met a great fall.

–J.E.C.

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When the landscapers

Remove summer plants and all…

Chrysanthemums awe!

–J.E.C.

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Redheads turn back blonde,

Their hot summer is over…

Cooling off…is fun!

(Don’t “blondes have more fun?”)

–J.E.C.

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Fat flies come indoors,

Escaping Fall’s chill…

People do so, too!

–J.E.C.

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–Jonathan E. Caswell

KATYDIDS AND CICADAS!!!

The time for “peepers” is past,

Their replacements growing fast…

Not until next year

Will we hear

Their choruses at last!

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August night times creak

With cicada and katydid speak…

Consistent one pitch

Late summer bugs’ itch,

Renewing every week.

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If katydids come inside,

The frightened are fit to be tied…

On curtain rods

There are good odds,

A man must rescue his bride!!!!!

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–Jonathan Caswell

AN AUTUMN SILENCE

AN AUTUMN SILENCE

Gone are the chirps of cicada and kin,

Gone are the songs of birds…

Cooler weather has rolled in

And wind-driven rain disturbs.

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Silent pitter-patter on our canopied walk,

Foreshadowing a different sound…

Sidewalls await installation

Shielding from sudden snow squalls.

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Rain-soaked ground is soil prepared

For a solid winter freeze…

Bugs and turtles soon prepare

The wait until a warm springtime breeze.

–Jonathan Caswell