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Summer Heat

Haiku Club

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Comment from Wendy G
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A beautiful image! And equally lovely poem inspired by summer heat. I can relate - we sometimes have temperatures above 115 Fahrenheit, which is not pleasant especially with accompanying high humidity!

 Comment Written 12-Apr-2021

reply by the author on 12-Apr-2021
    Thank you. I dread summer. It's very hot and humid here.
Comment from Ben Colder
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I felt it today. In rhe 80s. Wow, time for the air. Thanks for the reminder though us Arkes know the score. Good one. Thanks' for sharing your talent.

 Comment Written 12-Apr-2021

reply by the author on 12-Apr-2021
    I'm dreading summer already. Do you suppose we could get it banned? hahaha. Thanks for reviewing.
reply by Ben Colder on 12-Apr-2021
    Stranger things have happened. LOL.
Comment from judiverse
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We'll get there. My mother-in-law was sensitive to the sun, so she made sure to wear her straw hat when she was outside. Great imagery of the summer heat flexing its muscles. We need to be careful of the sun, as my husband's bouts with skin cancer testify. judi

 Comment Written 12-Apr-2021

reply by the author on 12-Apr-2021
    I'm sorry to hear of your husband's bouts with skin cancer. I, too, have to be careful of the sun. I have lupus. Thanks for reviewing.
reply by judiverse on 13-Apr-2021
    You're very welcome. I think my husband has all those trouble spots taken care of now. judi
Comment from Sharon Davis
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A wonderful personification of summer heat creates a vivid mental image in this haiku. The artwork chosen to illustrate the piece highlights the piem's theme.

 Comment Written 12-Apr-2021

reply by the author on 12-Apr-2021
    Thank you. I'm dreading summer already.
Comment from CrystieCookie999
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I like this haiku a lot for its suggestion of personification. Your second line is also very descriptive and felt torturous indeed. Super 's' consonance with flexes, torturous, muscles, hats.

 Comment Written 12-Apr-2021

reply by the author on 12-Apr-2021
    Thank you so much. Nice of you to notice.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
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Oh yes, I don't go anywhere without my straw hat! That is when I am in Spain where the sun constantly shines, it is a little chilly just now and your poem warmed me up! Love Dolly x

 Comment Written 12-Apr-2021

reply by the author on 12-Apr-2021
    I'm glad. I hate summer. Thanks for reviewing.
Comment from Janice Canerdy
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Your ultra-concise haiku is very well-written and descriptive of the scorching heat of summer in some areas. Effective use of personificaton. Give me spring and the fall!

 Comment Written 12-Apr-2021

reply by the author on 12-Apr-2021
    Me, too. Even winter. I could do without summer forever! Thanks, Janice.
Comment from Bill Schott
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This haiku, Summer Heat, presented with a 3-7-4 formatting, finds the sun bullying the tender skinned beings on the surface of the earthen griddle.

 Comment Written 12-Apr-2021

reply by the author on 12-Apr-2021
    I know. I hate summer. Thanks for reviewing.
Comment from T B Botts
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Great poem. We just returned from a few errands outside. We were delighted to see that the temp had climbed to 43 degrees F. Woo Hoo! We're in the middle of a heat wave. Spring is on the way.
Have a wonderful (and cool) day.

Tom

 Comment Written 12-Apr-2021

reply by the author on 12-Apr-2021
    Where is it 43 degrees F. this time of year? We have such horrid summers, hot and humid. thanks for reviewing.
reply by T B Botts on 12-Apr-2021
    I'm in Wasilla Alaska. Several days ago it was unseasonably cold overnight, around zero to three below. I've yet to spend a summer here; for the last 44 years I've lived in Southeast Alaska in a rain forest. We had several years of hot, sunny, dry summers. In excess of 80 degrees, which I know doesn't sound hot to you, but the air is so clean and the sun so intense that I was sweltering. Plus the snow pack melted early and lots of salmon died because the water was too warm and too low for spawning. That in turn caused the bears to come into town because they were hungry. Every place has something to deal with I guess.
reply by the author on 12-Apr-2021
    I'll swap with you. I could take winter all year long.
Comment from lyenochka
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I like the personification of that "dreaded heat" as it "flexes torturous muscles." We have so little summer heat here so we are spared some torture but it's always wise to wear hats. Enjoyed your haiku, Yvonne!

 Comment Written 12-Apr-2021

reply by the author on 12-Apr-2021
    Thank you. I dread summer. It's very hot and humid here.