As the calendar turns its page to the middle of September, the weather moves forward between two seasons. There are beautiful summer days and summer rains with damp weather but this past week in Northern Virginia widespread thunderstorms and cool weather were the norm. It was jacket and raincoat weather due to 60-degree weather. Then, all of a sudden the temperature climbed up and the humidity went down. It felt like a combo of the summer season and early fall.
While summer knows its boundaries, nature decided to play between the two seasons. Summer days lessened. William Shakespeare stated, "Summer's lease hath all too short a date." Will Summer pass by us as Fall decides to make a grand entrance with her royal carpet of leave? Will Summer hold on or graciously pass the baton to Autumn for the beginning of the Fall event? Here is my haiku sequence.
Invitation to All
Summering is a state of mind that brings feelings of joy and relaxation. It revolves around the best of summertime and the ability to savor those feelings year-round.
I invite poets, writers, photographers, and educators to consider using this prompt to create an image poem, inspirational quote, or a photograpy on: How do you engage in summering during the summer season? Do you have a special photo, piece of artwork and/or poem to add to the Summering Mini-Gallery that I will create.
Thank you to Mary Lee Hahn and Janet Fagal for participating with their image poems on summering. You can send your offerings to cvarsalona@gmail.com by October 3, 2025. I will gather the artistic expressions and create the mini-gallery.
I am delighted to send this invitation forth to the fabulous book reviewer, baker, and literary buff, Jama at Jama's Alphabet Soup.
Carol, this is a lovely haiku sequence. September weathers feels a bit like a seesaw right now, with cool days and then temperatures in the high 80s. I can't wait for fall to officially take hold.
ReplyDeleteThank you Anonymous for joining me here. I would like to know who I am writing back to but am pleased to here what the weather is like by you.
DeleteHi Carol, I've been out much of the day, just saw your comment on my post, will connect soon! I love your idea of a collection of "summering", will find something for you! How lovely that you're going to be in that group presenting at NCTE!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda for your comment. I look forward connecting with you. I hope you can go to the Poetry Meet-up in Denver. Are you close to the Convention Center. I also look forward to your summering offering. Have a great weekend. This one is jam-packed for me but it is with family and that is a great gift.
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