New challenge for December

Tanka, haibun or haiku on 'summer night'
Please post your work here.

Comments

  1. BelindaBroughton1 December 2012 at 17:02

    a moth
    brushes my face
    summer moon

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  2. BelindaBroughton1 December 2012 at 17:08

    here's a belated one for the 11th of the 11th

    remembrance day
    
into the silence 

    a child's whimper

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    1. Sasha1 December 2012 at 19:15

      this is very evocative and sad

      Dawn (Shubunkin)

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  3. Sasha1 December 2012 at 19:11

    between two crickets
    the thickness of earth
    summer night

    (Dawn Shubunkin)

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  4. Sasha1 December 2012 at 19:12

    summer night
    the moon hung
    in tree shadow

    (Dawn Shubunkin)

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  5. Sasha1 December 2012 at 19:14

    the slam of a car door summer night

    (Dawn Shubunkin)

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  6. Donna1 December 2012 at 20:24

    Tree branches

    like fingers

    grasp the moon

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    1. Sasha4 December 2012 at 22:45

      yes they do look like that.
      Dawn (Shubunkin)

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  7. Rachael Mead8 December 2012 at 15:40

    background muzak
    of mosquitoes and crickets
    summer night

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  8. Donna8 December 2012 at 17:03

    Warm evening

    Long walks

    Play lasts forever

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