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by Chris Smith

21 June 2005 -

6-21-05 distant highways hum

as the summer stars go by

outside my window

6-22-05 a full moon waits high

in the solstice evening sky

for the sun to set

6-23-05 west between the trees

twilight lingers in the sky

though midnight draws near

6-24-05 small white butterflies

rise as I sprinkle the lawn

with the garden hose

6-25-05 in the Saturn ahead

two teens are making out

like it's their limo

6-26-05 in the hazy sky

jet airplanes pass overhead

heard but never seen

6-27-05 he stops at the curb

then sprints in front of a car

squirrelly teenager

6-28-05 a counter top ant

flees in a crazy circle

back to my napkin

6-29-05 after sleepless hours

sweating in the night's still heat

suddenly, a breeze

6-30-05 in the WAL*MART queue

shirtless children are climbing

from cart to checkout

7-1-05 the cool evening breeze

rustles the leaves — the grill's heat

feels comfortable

7-2-05 from our plane: green veins

cut in the rock by rivers

the earth is alive

7-3-05 the wind on Cub Lake

a stiff gray wind is pushing

lilies to one side

7-4-05 a crying child flees

that pungent cloud where children

with their sparklers dance

7-5-05 in the white water

a hidden rock wrenches us

we have a swimmer

7-6-05 mountain tops won't yield

low clouds from the west get

deflected in the sky

7-7-05 atop Mt. Elbert

the view is so majestic

but I feel dizzy

7-8-05 with tiny fingers

the boy tries catching bubbles —

every bubble pops

7-9-05 from the patio

skittish sparrows hop inside

watch us eat our duck

7-10-05 summer's night-time sky

blue with crescent moon and stars

close enough to touch

7-11-05 at night a rabbit

in the wet garden nibbles

it's a smorgasbord

7-12-05 on the lighted stage

under a sycamore tree

Shakespeare tells his tale

7-13-05 minutes to midnight

my heart races — there's so much

left to do today

7-14-05 in the stifling night

above the drone of our fan

an airplane passes

7-15-05 near the cupola

atop the supermarket

pigeons are roosting

7-16-05 the rain comes down hard

hammers a week's worth of heat

back into the earth

7-17-05 a flash of lightning

in the still night begins it

now leaves are rustling

7-18-05 I stare down the well

looking for today's haiku

the well is empty

7-19-05 along the river

birds and teens are frolicking

in the summer heat

7-20-05 severed tentacle

coiled tight around my chopstick

— nope, it's fully cooked

7-21-05 from somewhere the wind

has been accelerating

summer cedes to fall

7-22-05 inside our bedroom

the curtains are billowing

the cool night enters

7-23-05 with familiar love

fingers stroke the cigarette

before flicking it

7-24-05 over our brown lawn

a breeze makes the grass quiver

soon this heat will break

7-25-05 inspiration strikes

so late — I pen my haiku

by summer moonlight

7-26-05 I spare a spider

while watering my garden

for its perfect form

7-27-05 still in the moonlight

two rabbits are threatening

to paw my concrete

7-28-05 under the sunset

as night construction begins

red taillights cluster

7-29-05 with baklava taste

in my mouth and on her breath

my love kisses me

7-30-05 revelers disperse

into the night as the moon

falls behind the trees

7-31-05 on the Garden Walk

people swarm to the backyards

bees swarm the flowers

8-1-05 my dark nightmare fades

morning light and soft birdsong

gently wake me up

8-2-05 cool August mornings

I feel I'm at summer camp

the same homesickness

8-3-05 caught in the fabric

the half-broken mosquito

flops, flops, and is still

8-4-05 running the last mile

the evening wind picks up and

pushes us, cools us

8-5-05 the candle flickers

in the purple evening light

underneath our toast

8-6-05 in the empty sky

above the cornfield there flies

two kites shaped like fish

8-7-05 on the veranda

an emerald hummingbird

drinks quick, flies away