Sketchbook_5-4_JulyAugust_"fruit_"Haiku

July / August 2010 "fruit" Thread

Announcing the July / August 2010 "fruit" Thread

The theme of the July / August haiku thread will be anything to do with "summer fruit" or "fruit trees" in either the southern and / or northern hemispheres. It is not necessary to use the words "summer fruit" or "fruit trees".

Writers may post an unlimited number of haiku to the "fruit" Haiku Thread.

Subject Line: July / August "fruit" haiku thread.
To: haikuthreadeditor@poetrywriting.org

Deadline: Midnight Saturday, August 28, 2010.

Haiku"

Author, Country

All Haiku received will be posted daily on-line at July / August 2010 "fruit" Haiku Thread.

The Sketchbook editors will select their Monthly Haiku Choice from this thread for publication in the Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Sketchbook.

Read the August 31, 2010 Editor's Choices: Editor Karina Klesko, Editor John Daleiden

The following poets have contributed to the July / August 2010 "fruit" Haiku Thread

Participants: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22, 23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,
Karin Anderson, AU; Priyanka Bhowmick, IN; Willie Ropelos Bongcaron, PH; Ralf Broeker, Bouwe Brouwer, NL; DE; Pris Campbell, US; John Daleiden, US; Andrzej Dembończyk, PL; Terri L. French, US; Bernard Gieske, US; Cara Holman, US; Marleen Hulst, NL; Ramona Linke, DE; Chen-ou Liu, CA; Jacek Margolak, PL; Thomas Martin, US; Diane Mayr, US; John McDonald, UK (Scotland); Vasile Moldovan, RO; P. K. Padhy, Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN; IN; Karen O'Leary, US; Reason A. Poteet, US; Keith A. Simmonds, TT; Barbara A. ; AU; Zhanna P. Rader, US; Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic, CR: Maria Tirenescu, RO; Neal Whitman, US; Yamadori, US; Rafal Zabratynski, PL; Jadran Zalokar, CR
Countries:1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,
Australia, Canada, Croatia, Germany, India, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Trinidad and Tobago, United Sates, United Kingdon (Scotland)
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July / August　 2010 "fruit" Haiku Thread

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a book on my lap under the apple tree nodding off # 01. Neal Whitman, US	fruit seller returns with light weight late evening # 02. P. K. Padhy, IN	longest day the blackbird’s beak wide open to hold a cherry # 03. Marleen Hulst, NL
a lazy dog under a pear tree dreaming of his bone # 04. Keith A. Simmonds, TT	watching grandpa remove his teeth— raspberry seed # 05. Terri L. French, US	peeling my pear in a thin, unbroken spiral... hometown memories # 06. Chen-ou Liu, CA
Whirling Danube— an olive branch clears up the waters # 07. Vasile Moldovan, RO	ripe plums— rolling her wheel-chair to a fruitful tree # 08. Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic, CR	strawberry-colored peaches glimpses of time in the sunshine # 09. Bernard Gieske, US
Fourth of July picnic watermelon rinds piling up # 10. Cara Holman, US	graveside tears laden raspberry bushes left unpicked # 11. Karen O'Leary, US	nose prints on the store window fruit sundaes # 12. Chen-ou Liu, CA
under the harvested tree a moist cake offers plum butter # 13. Ralf Broeker, DE	merciless itching side effect of blackberry harvest # 14. Reason A. Poteet, US	take ten— hanging wild huckleberries ripe enough for lunch # 15. Neal Whitman, US
the boys groan she spits further— watermelon seeds # 16. Terri L. French, US	our buckets full the tang of gooseberries teasing cousins # 17. Neal Whitman, US	a free fall tree climber collects mangoes children cheer # 18. P. K. Padhy, IN
the yellow ware bowl full to the brim with cherries— oh, my muddy boots # 19. Neal Whitman, US	public orchard a sign to be aware of the bull # 20. Marleen Hulst, NL	crimson grapes glistening in the sunlight: summer festival # 21. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
cherry trees swaying in the wind... taste of summer # 25. Keith A. Simmonds, TT	covering the hill fermented choke cherries careening waxwings # 23. Neal Whitman, US	peach juice down our arms ants at our feet # 24. Terri L. French, US
An abandoned nest— through the ripe cherries the moon nestling # 25. Vasile Moldovan, RO	the elderberry pie that wasn't— mistaken identity # 26. Terri L. French, US	on the apple tree xxx - the beginning an old story # 27. Bernard Gieske, US
empty basket berry stains on his tongue # 28. Cara Holman, US	on the girl's ears a couple of ripe cherries— seasonal earrings # 29. Vasile Moldovan, RO	Saturday market all the colors of the rainbow # 30. Cara Holman, US
winter morning... the blender mixes berries with bits of sunshine # 31. Chen-ou Liu, CA	sunflower seeds on the wall hanging sunbursts # 32. Bernard Gieske, US	gateway garden boys throw branches into a chestnut tree # 33. Ralf Broeker, DE
under the tree half eaten on the ground the ripest pears # 34. Bernard Gieske, US	fermenting plums yellowjackets waiting in the wings # 35. Cara Holman, US	orchard owners talk shop during lunch apple turnovers # 36. Reason A. Poteet, US
berries and cherries a red river sunrise melted in muffins # 37. Karin Anderson, AU	Sunday morning Mom's apple cake friends around the table # 38. Bernard Gieske, US	blueberry picking a robin and I # 39. Cara Holman, US
she reads my love poem in the spring sunlight ... Fuji apple # 40. Chen-ou Liu, CA	an orange pip plops swims in the tea swirls to good morning # 41. Karin Anderson, AU	weeping willow hanging below the cheery cherry tree # 42. Bernard Gieske, US
jubilant voices blowing in the wind... grape harvest # 43. Keith A. Simmonds, TT	peaches too yearn for rosy cheeks # 44. Bernard Gieske, US	apple's crisp doomed peeled cored and quartered all for a sauce # 45. Karin Anderson, AU
peaches not yet ripe the fruitflies get to them before me # 46. Diane Mayr, US	banana skin slip a gooseberry bump of a ride # 47. Karin Anderson, AU	bees buzzing around the ripening plums: summer morning # 48. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
raspberry bubbles her belly laughs a mother # 49. Karin Anderson, AU	Ripe Cherries before dawn of day the scent of your skin # 50. Ramona Linke, DE	twin pert pears drop old woman's bra on the floor # 51. Karin Anderson, AU
thunderclouds she reaches for a bread knife & shares the melone # 52. Ramona Linke, DE	head bowed gold mango slosh in the sink # 53. Karin Anderson, AU	new potatoes— the smell of topsoil on his hands # 54. Ramona Linke, DE
peaches and cream young lady's rose blush the Spring Waltz # 55. Karin Anderson, AU	sun ablaze for a summer afternoon ripe mangoes # 56. Priyanka Bhowmick, IN	wanted new patients an apple a day he said a doctor's faux pas # 57. Karin Anderson, AU
seashore a group of children near watermelon stall # 58. Priyanka Bhowmick, IN	sun's dried apricots bench legs in pots rain's booby trapped ants # 59. Karin Anderson, AU	backyard house upon the empty garden grows a mango tree # 60. Priyanka Bhowmick, IN
cloudless sky blackberries on every trail # 61. Cara Holman, US	summer glory the first thing I starve for strawberry delight # 62. Priyanka Bhowmick, IN	picking plums the biggest ones just out of reach # 63. Cara Holman, US
marigold magnets in a field of strawberries repelling white flies # 64. Reason A. Poteet, US	summer harvest biting into a sun-warmed peach # 65. Cara Holman, US	mountain moor bilberry smiles on all the hikers # 66. Rafal Zabratynski, PL
ripe mangoes— she walks in the garden holding her belly # 67. Yamadori, US	pear trees bowing down with fruit... harvesters' delight # 68. Keith A. Simmonds, TT	in the grove ripe cherries bend the branches— a baby cries # 69. Yamadori, US
baskets of grapes glowing in the sunlight: convivial songs # 70. Keith A. Simmonds, TT	pretty lemon tree— where has your heart strayed my absent lover # 71. Yamadori, US	summer breeze bending the tree tops... the odour of plums # 72. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
in the long grass the first apple: bitterness # 73. John McDonald, UK (Scotland)	sweltering heat... watermelon vendors up and down the beach # 74. Keith A. Simmonds, TT	I feel rosehip blueberry and orange peel— fruit tea # 75. Andrzej Dembończyk, PL
rainbow lorikeets squabbling upside down on half eaten fruit # 76. Barbara A. Taylor, AU	girl in mini skirt— I hold the ladder when she plucks the cherries # 77. Andrzej Dembończyk, PL	that squashed sapote ripened between sashed panes now chocolate mousse # 78. Barbara A. Taylor, AU
water melon cucumber sapota mangoes soak dry summer # 79. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN	how many acorns can this squirrel carry to its winter store? # 80. Barbara A. Taylor, AU	defying summer heat they jostle under mango tree— ripe fruits fall # 81. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN
a native mouse drunk on tangelo juice stares at me # 82. Barbara A. Taylor, AU	cool juicy fruits compensate scorching heat; Indian summer # 83. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN	scuppernong juice drips from chin to shirt my southern childhood # 84. Pris Campbell, US
sumptuous dinner... a speck of red dragon fruit stains my white shirt # 85. Willie Ropelos Bongcaron, PH	birds strip my father's cherry tree mid-morning dessert # 86. Pris Campbell, US	sweet as it gets... a glass of pineapple juice whets my appetite # 87. Willie Ropelos Bongcaron, PH
peach peels all over the table fresh churned ice-cream # 88. Pris Campbell, US	lingering heat... even the fruit trees go bare on the cracked soil # 89. Willie Ropelos Bongcaron, PH	watermelon eating contest gnats form storm clouds over the winners # 90. Pris Campbell, US
orchard twilight amid ripe cherries the red moon # 91. Jacek Margolak, PL	Two olive shoots On the deck of a tourist ship Await the departure # 92. Jadran Zalokar, CR	hide-and-seek from behind the gooseberry a smacking # 93. Jacek Margolak, PL
Early August— I compete with ants for the ripe figs. # 94. Zhanna P. Rader, US	abandoned orchard a vagabond assembles the fallen apples # 95. Jacek Margolak, PL	WANTED: a scarecrow— magpies stealing the plums # 96. John McDonald, UK (Scotland)
in the shadow of a shapely apple tree the heap of cores # 97. Jacek Margolak, PL	pink dawn the sunroof blocked with cherry blossoms # 98. Bouwe Brouwer, NL	rainy day with every grape the taste of heaven # 99. Jacek Margolak, PL
the tailor's shirt inside out— Fruit of the Loom # 100. Bouwe Brouwer, NL	Tasting the fruits of the beauty-berry bush— a titmouse... and I # 101. Zhanna P. Rader, US	fruit stand i wince at the sight of durian # 102. Willie Ropelos Bongcaron, PH
Early December— the bluejays finishing the dogwood's berries. # 103. Zhanna P. Rader, US	honey bees freshly-picked harvests from the chico trees # 104. Willie Ropelos Bongcaron, PH	August heat— strawberry ice-cream for dinner. # 105. Zhanna P. Rader, US
orchard trees pregnant with pungent fruits # 106. Willie Ropelos Bongcaron, PH	heat wave sliced apples dry on the barn roof # 107. Thomas Martin, US	farm visit sugar apple anyone? # 108. Willie Ropelos Bongcaron, PH
dog days of summer— rotting oranges shrivel on the ground # 109. John Daleiden, US	exotic view silent in the background are ripe cheese fruits # 110. Willie Ropelos Bongcaron, PH	humid morning we pick watermelons ankle deep in dew # 111. Thomas Martin, US
Peace of evening— two sisters sharing a nectarine # 112. Maria Tirenescu, RO	picking apples in widow Jones orchard— funeral tomorrow # 113 John Daleiden, US	Hot day— a poor child looking at the gooseberries on the market stall # 114. Maria Tirenescu, RO
# 115.	August moon— one, two, three . . . yellow leaves fall from the cherry tree # 116. Maria Tirenescu, RO	# 117.
In the cherry tree— some dirty faces and full bellies # 118. Maria Tirenescu, RO	# 119.	Clear evening— two children wrangle about a handful of strawberries # 120. Maria Tirenescu, RO
# 121.	Wild cherry— two copper-colored leaves fall together # 122. Maria Tirenescu, RO	# 123.
Under the ripe cherry tree— my grandma listens the bird's song # 124. Maria Tirenescu, RO	# 125.	Flocks of starlings picking up cherries— I applaud at dawn # 126. Maria Tirenescu, RO
# 127.	At evening— above the empty cherry tree the new moon # 128. Maria Tirenescu, RO	# 129.
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Read the August 31, 2010 Editor's Choices: Editor Karina Klesko, Editor John Daleiden