Per Diem/Haiku of the Day for August 2022: Early Harvest
Per Diem/Haiku of the Day for August 2022 features Guest Editor Kathleen Tice’s collection on the theme of Early Harvest. This is what Kathleen has to say by way of introduction to this theme:
August 1 is often recognized as “early harvest” on the Christian Calendar, or Lammas, meaning ‘Loaf Mass Day.’ August marks the beginning of laying up food for the long winter months ahead. It is a time for showing gratitude to the Earth for the great abundance it provides. Those who have a “green thumb” and our blessed farmers are in the process of gathering-in the fruits of their labors. It is also a time to reflect on the many aspects of our own personal lives. Perhaps our earnest endeavors have reached a peak and now we are ready to reap the benefits. When you evaluate your life, consider it with the heart of a farmer.
after the house fire . . .
how reluctantly I eat
the last heirloom tomato
—Kathleen Tice
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A different kind of harvesting, one equally organised by bees, and humans! 🙂
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Atlas foothills…
bees jostle pickers
for saffron
Alan Summers
Haiku Dialogue series:
A Sense of Place: MOUNTAIN – hearing ed kjmunro
(August 2018)
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In Morocco the saffron is harvested between October through to December whenever the six-petalled flowers appear.
Winter grants Fall’s wish
for an encore flower dance,
frost procrastinates.
Summer’s warmth lingers.
Harvest-in, farmer’s delight-
Sweet whispers of thanks.
Winter winds whistling
Indian Summer’s last stance
Bowing gracefully
a grain in moist soil
grows shoot to collect energy
for all life to thrive
Dear Kathleen Tice,
Wonderful selection so far!
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Today’s haiku:
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windrowed alfalfa—
I awaken to the scent
of a first cutting
—Judith Schallberger
A fantastic natural history haiku, enjoyed looking up ecosia’s search engine to learn more about that fab opening word “windrowed”! 🙂
ECOSIA (they plant a tree when we search) “windrowed” results:
https://www.ecosia.org/search?method=index&q=windrowed
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I’m also reminded of this haiku published in Modern Haiku several decades ago but still carries the weight of a finely crafted haiku:
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Keening chinook winds
and rotting snow windrows —
That noisy old crow.
Kathryn K. Ahlstrand
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And of course I must mention the editor’s own haiku on this page:
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after the house fire . . .
how reluctantly I eat
the last heirloom tomato
—Kathleen Tice
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A wonderful fused feeling of both hokku and haiku, nature and natural history.
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I am loving this month so much! 🙂
warm regards,
Alan
Thanks, Alan for your kind words. K
full granary
winter schedule
steady in smooth flow
re:
full granary
winter schedule
steady in smooth flow
I wonder about:
full granary
the steady smooth flow
of a winter schedule
the steady flow
of a winter schedule
full granary
winter journal
the steady smooth flow
of a full granary
Dear esteemed poet,
Greetings,
I wonder about:
full granary
the steady smooth flow
of a winter schedule
the steady flow
of a winter schedule
full granary
winter journal
the steady smooth flow
of a full granary
All the three are fine, still I like the most , the following: always appreciating your inspiring notes and suggestions.
winter journal
the steady smooth flow
of a full granary
Rdhamani sarma, I like the final one best–K
winter journal
the steady smooth flow
of a full granary
into the evening a tractor harvests
willywagtail song
Alan Summers
Azami Special Edition (Japan, 1998)
(duostich aka 2-line haiku)
Dear esteemed poet,
“into the evening a tractor harvests
willywagtail song”
I could catch a special rhythm , still on… wonderful.
willy wagtails or willywagtails can be scary though tiny, and take on hawks and kookaburras! 🙂
I had one of these little birds back me up when I was looking after two mudpie lark fledglings and we were surrounded by four or five kookaburras!
willy wagtail song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txbZRZBUybc
warm regards,
Alan
bundles of grains
grand feast she plans
honor of sun god
farmers’ song in sift
generations of fertile
ancestry