Writer. Feminist. Historian. Person.
It’s miserably hot (again) in Florida, so I hibernated inside today. I was skimming through some photos and found this from a recent trip up north. It brought back memories of my youthful summers in the Midwest. August had a different feel back in the day 😉 It inspired the haiku (or maybe it’s a haibun) below.
Tassels Touching Blue
That Summer Gone Forever
August In My Mind
musk and vanilla
old friends met and new trysts found
anticipation
Thanks to Lynn’s Tuesday Picture Prompt for a wonderful memory of that special smell that books have and of the hours spent in used bookstores (and libraries, and new bookstores, and my basement …).
sweet recollections
sunlit views from my window
la strada awakes
Thanks to Andrew and his Monday Washing Lines challenge for giving me a reason to reminisce about traveling and revisit old pictures.
This was the actual view from our apartment in Rome on our first trip to Italy. Oh sweet sweet memories!
bygone yesterdays
fading under today’s flash
as his mind shutters
Thanks for the inspiration to Linda’s JusJoJan Challenge (shutter) Colleen’s Synonyms Only Challenge (past and present).
memories unbound
dusky hunger-sated nights
giving way at dawn
Image Credit: Lovers by Harry Hollard, 1982
Inspired by the image provided by Mind Love Misery Menagerie’s Photo Challenge and Word Craft Poetry poet’s choice.
