poem

38 C today

June 26, 2026

chosen for weddings 

across the country

the bride's mother

dreams about 

a bucket with water 

under the table

(AW, June 2026)

 

haiku   senryu

bing is ice

in Chinese

such a cold line 1

(AW, June 2026)

 

haiku  senryu

the word summer

now filled to the brim

with aggression

(AW, June 2026)

 

haiku

a flood of typos

a brain during

a heatwave

(AW, June 2026)

 

haiku senryu

reading about Nero

on a much

too warm day

(AW, June 2026)

 

haiku

gardens

dogs bark briefly

in the afternoon heat

(AW, June 2026)

 

poem

a conference room

with air con

so no need

to take off the ties

narrow lips

the utmost discretion

in tailor-made suits

possibly it would be

too cold for women

in sleeveless dresses

but they are

elsewhere

(AW, June 2026)

 

haiku

a heatwave has

a before

here a blackbird's song

(AW, June 2026)