Sun – Page 10 – Iron Haiku

hourglass summer-
memories of time we spent
slip through my fingers
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driftwood-
a gull’s shadow
passes by

laughter in the air-
mittens and scarves skating past
closed curio shops
–
bistro tables-
bohemian couples
on the grass

stripped down to the waist
sledgehammer and splitting maul
ringing in the sun
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hazy starlight-
woodsmoke drifts
through the trees

rising car exhaust
lifted on the morning breeze
before dissolving
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the waning sun-
at the curb
idling

sepia photos
memories of summerfields
slowly turn to dust
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summer sky-
carousel music
on the pier

incessant beeping-
cobwebs in my coffee cup
my head thick with sleep
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gentle sunlight-
irish breakfast and
the sunday puzzle

autumn afternoon-
the sound of a cricket lost
amid the tall grass
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rotting wood-
silent shadows
of the forest

a hillside cottage-
the morning sun clears the clouds
asleep on the roof
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first starlight-
fog creeps in
from the underbrush

emerging starlight-
walking past the coal stained homes
the old lamplighter
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freshly cut grass-
rusted ice tongs
in the tool shed

waves crawl up the beach-
long acres of dune grasses
ripple in the breeze
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prints in wet sand-
nesting plovers disturbed
by barking dogs