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July is proving just how hot and humid it can be, throughout much of the eastern and midwestern United States.\u00a0 With the help of f\/k\/a<\/em>‘s Honored Guest Poets, haikuEsq<\/em> offers summer distractions that we hope will bring more than momentary relief.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 peggy willis lyles<\/a>\u00a0– To Hear the Rain<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0& “a sea breeze” – Snapshots<\/a><\/em> Haiku Magazine<\/em> #10 (2001)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Stifling heat \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 matt morden<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n prairie breeze– \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n heat wave– \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n proud host \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n summer day \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n midday heat \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n in the beach breeze \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 kobayashi issa<\/a>, translated by David G. Lanoue<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 July is proving just how hot and humid it can be, throughout much of the eastern and midwestern United States.\u00a0 With the help of f\/k\/a‘s Honored Guest Poets, haikuEsq offers summer distractions that we hope will bring more than momentary relief. \u00a0 \u00a0 a sea breeze through the oleanders– long afterglow \u00a0 \u00a0 the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haiku-or-senryu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-1Qu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12639,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7098\/revisions\/12639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\na sea breeze
\nthrough the oleanders–
\nlong afterglow<\/p>\n
\nthe third-note rise
\nof a towhee’s song
\nfragrant breeze<\/p>\n
\nGershwin’s lullaby
\nmagnolia petals ladle
\nfireflies<\/p>\n
\nWarm breeze
\nthe colt’s erection nuzzles
\na daisy<\/p>\n
\na palm frond suggests
\nthere is a breeze<\/p>\n
\nthe backyard shade
\na small gust brings coolness
\nand a white petal<\/p>\n
\nGeorge Swede<\/a>\u00a0
\n\u00a0 “Warm breeze” – from Taboo Haiku<\/a><\/em>: An International Selection\u00a0 (2005)
\n\u00a0\u00a0 “stifling heat” – The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (Dec. 2005<\/a>)
\n\u00a0\u00a0 “backyard shade” – The Heron’s Nest<\/em>\u00a0(June 2006<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nwilting hay –
\nthermals shift a kite
\nfrom row to row<\/p>\n
\nafternoon heat
\na chapel door
\nhalf open<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0 \u00a0“wilting hay – ”\u00a0 Morden Haiku<\/em> (June 17, 2006<\/a>)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“afternoon heat” – Morden Haiku<\/em> (July 8, 2006<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nthe girl’s ponytail
\nas she rides a horse<\/p>\n
\nthe cow’s udder
\nhangs in the pond<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0 DeVar Dahl<\/a>\u00a0 – “prairie breeze” – Shiki Monthly Kukai<\/a> (Jan. 2006)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “heat wave” – from Basho Mem. Museum<\/a> (English selections, 2005)<\/p>\n
\nhis orchard bursting
\nwith fireflies<\/p>\n
\na seat in the movies
\naway from others<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0john stevenson<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 “proud host” – Some of the Silence<\/a><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “summer day” – Upstate Dim Sum<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2004\/II)<\/p>\n
\nsummer breeze
\nthe criss-cross of gull tracks
\nin damp sand<\/p>\n
\none petal of the red poppy
\nsways<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0 pamela miller ness<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “summer breeze”\u00a0– The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (Oct. 2000<\/a>)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “midday heat” from Summerday, Puget Sound<\/em>, a haiku sequence<\/p>\n
\nmy travels forgotten…
\nevening cool<\/p>\n
\na softly blowing
\nworld-improving breeze…
\nfireflies flit<\/p>\n