For Frank Tassone’s challenge, I used the kigo “midsummer rain” for challenge #195 to write a solo renga:
midsummer rain flows
rivulets run down the street
rainbow slicks glisten
the heady scent of wet earth
moisture adds a second skin
© 2021 Colleen M. Chesebro
For challenge #196, “summer moon (natsu no tsuki) / Strawberry Supermoon, I wrote a (5-7-5) haiku:
summer moon glitter
long light snakes across the lake
twilight shadows swell
© 2021 Colleen M. Chesebro
For challenge #197 smoldering hot (moyuru) I wrote a tanka:
smoldering hot day
brilliant sun scintillations
a twinkling mirage
blurring the straight pathway home
stay on the straight and narrow
© 2021 Colleen M. Chesebro
All wonderful but I like 195 best. Wearing moisture like a second skin indeed! Even today it’s muggy and 75.
Whew… it’s humid, for sure. Thanks so much Lisa. Have a fabulous week. <3
You’re very welcome and thanks!
Love all of these!!
Thanks, Ruth. They were fun! 😍
Oh no… don’t melt!!
Lovely verses. I can picture all the scenes clearly 😀
Even with the sun playing peek-a-boo I was able to get some wash on the line and it dried quickly!
That’s awesome! We sat outside in the humidity and enjoyed a rain shower. It was so peaceful! ❤️
That sounds lovely. Smell of petrichor? (One of my favorite new words.)
Totally different smell of the wet earth after it was so dry for so long.
Ah, OK.
Love them all, Colleen! We’re having a wet and muggy day with a high of 84F.
We’re right about the same temperature with afternoon and evening thunderstorms. ⛈☔️🥵
Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #1 (6/29/21): Colleen Chesebro’s latest solo #renga, haiku and #tanka for my current #Haikai Challenge!
Yay! Thank you Frank! 😍❤️
You wrote a poem for each theme like I did. I like them. Each one is really vivid, and I could visualize/feel the scenario. I liked your description of rainbow slicks, also “long light snakes across the lake” and “brilliant sun scintillations.”
Thanks, Susan. I like Frank’s kigo’s. They are always inspiring. ❤️