the lazy bones yearn,
late summers refuse to move
winter knocks on door.
( An Indian summer is a heat wave that occurs in the autumn. It refers to a period of considerably above-normal temperatures, accompanied by dry and hazy conditions, usually after there has been a killing frost. )
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Written for Carpe diem , OSI , Haiku Friday
late summers refuse to move
winter knocks on door.
( An Indian summer is a heat wave that occurs in the autumn. It refers to a period of considerably above-normal temperatures, accompanied by dry and hazy conditions, usually after there has been a killing frost. )
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Written for Carpe diem , OSI , Haiku Friday
I LOVE Indian Summer - and look forward to it every year. Sometimes it comes. sometimes not. But it is always welcome when it does.
ReplyDeleteLovely 'Ku. Thank you for being part of Haiku Friday. :)
we don't have it that defined in my country.
DeleteSo this was an amsing term :)
What a wonderfully composed haiku Nimue ... and again you're the first who has posted a haiku. Well ... with your haiku our new Carpe Diem has started with ... fireworks.
ReplyDeleteyou have captured the very feel of Indian summer....those warm days are deceptive...
ReplyDeletewith times , all seasons have become kind of deceptive ..
DeleteStubborn summer! Move over! Nice 5-7-5 haiku. You made the seasons come alive. : )
ReplyDeleteOh the Prairies of Canada we defined Indian Summer as a warm period after the first snow fall. I like what you've done with this prompt.
ReplyDeleteglad i got the effects right :)
DeleteIt's knocking on my door now. Great words.
ReplyDeleteTake care in the cold :)
DeleteI love your Indian Summers, Lady N, in that they refuse to move.
ReplyDeleteWe are having one this year here in the Southeast Texas (Houston and surrounding).
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hmm, I love the cold!
ReplyDeletea pristine haiku...
keeps flipping back and forth here... one day snow two days later in the mid 50's... lovely verse.
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