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,
Terri L. French, US; Marleen Hulst, NL; Chen-ou Liu, CA; P. K. Padhy, IN; Keith A. Simmonds, TT; Neal Whitman, US;
Countries: 1,2,3,4,5,
Canada, India, Netherlands, Trinadad and Tabogo, United Sates,
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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
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# 13	# 14.	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
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Read the August 31, 2010 Editor's Choices: Editor Karina Klesko, Editor John Daleiden