July 7, 2012 “june bug”
“june bug”
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june bug buzzing to and fro and to
like he’s wandering crazy without a clue
of where he’s going or what to do
when he arrives
if he does keep his buzz
buzzing and that hum humming
as he circles and dives
risking the lives of himself and the others
his june bug brothers
bumbling and tumbling
in the humbling heat of southern july
the june bug dodges through wavering mirages
in a constant veer
a wild career
staying right side up out of the grass
and out ahead
of a lad or lass with nimble fingers
and a length of thread
©tlh 7/7/2012
September 10, 2011 “transition”
“transition”
arid summer rides
parched whirlwinds into September
as clouds of dusty red clay settle
under a cloudless sky
on yellowed tobacco leaves sweltering
in thirsty furrows of farmers’ fields
upon the backs of black cattle sweating
belly deep in a muddy pond
their wet black tails swishing
swatting at swarms of harrowing flies
the cavalier sun sailing
across the clear blue sea above
his infernal eye blazing
a golden path for autumn
©tlh 9/10/2011
September 2, 2010 “tanka for fall”
“tanka for fall”
summer in it’s course
swelters the verdant valley
drinks the mountain stream
reins sun’s gallop to a trot
fall comes to set free the sun
©tlh 9/2/2010
(Image courtesy of artist)
Thanks, Red
June 29, 2010 “Colors”
“Colors”
Sunrise, Red morning
From cool rising mist she calls
Yellow sun shining
Clouds go sailing by
Blue sky softly carrying
Summer afternoon
Golden light falling
Purple fields emerge from Green
Sunset, Red soothes me
TLH 6/29/2010
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