poem

a nearly treeless area

the smell of melting asphalt

decisions of the past

now our curse and sorrow

I have to say that people

are aged in this week

with extreme heat

and they hate wrinkles

well solutions are needed

soon a new moisturizer

will be in the offer

(AW, June 2026)

 

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)

 

haiku

too few listen

a heatwave is coming

birds tell it since days

(AW, June 2026)

 

poem

these small solar

table lamps

for the elves' dance

at night

while people

meet dragons

in their dreams

(AW, June 2026)

 

haiku

mid of June

a thistle in a pot

keeps growing

(AW, June 2026)

 

poem

summer heat 

some long for it

they really do

some try 

a kind of voodoo

to stop the start

and in this battle

one needs

a lot of

needles

(AW, June 2026)

 

poem

nettles beside

a rusty shed

you wanted 

lots of green

here it is 

and now a bee

in the picture

now it lands

(AW,, June 2026)

 

haiku

June wind

graffiti on the bridge

Selina my love

(AW, June 2026)

 

haiku

the hydrangeas 

and the rain 

sharing stories

(AW, June 2026)

 

haiku

special to me

these plants with water

in their name 

(AW June 2026)

 

haiku

nettles in June

soon it will be

their path

(AW, June 2026)

 

poem

when all are

arch enemies

there will be

a kind of explosion

everyone will retreat

into one's shell

now and then

they will stretch out 

their feelers

sometimes just one

to be on the safe side

(AW, June 2026)

 

haiku

June air

a concrete bridge

a former trust

(AW, June 2026)

 

poem

be careful

impostors are 

on the prowl

over there

the loveliest

colours but

no nectar

nothing to offer

no kind word

for you and me

(AW, June 2026)

 

haiku

June clouds

more things hidden

than some think

(AW, June 2026)

 

magnolia, Grugapark; photo: Martin G. Wienert (2026)

 

Grugapark (Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia); photo: Martin G. Wienert (2026)