I’ve been unable to post for several weeks due to a painful frozen shoulder, plus bursitis. I’m limiting myself to shorter posts for now. Today I’m offering a collection of summer haiku.
Summer Moments…
Drop all other plans today
high tide in Bayville
salt water summer swim
Cumulus clouds
hover over Long Island Sound
rain falls on Connecticut
A flash of sandpipers
lands at water’s edge
girl cries “Baby seagulls!”
We tread water together
Andy says to me
“This is as good as it gets!”
Sitting on the beach
I see myself as a girl
mimicking mermaids
I hope you’ve all been able to find some respite from this dreadful prolonged summer heat and humidity. Bayville, a tiny community on the North Shore of LI, is where I lived from age 9. We sold the family home about 15 years ago so I no longer have resident privileges to swim there. On this particular day, an old friend who lives in Bayville invited me for a swim.
Teaching for Life 
Lovely collection of Haikus. The image of a little girl playing a mermaid is so sweet. Sorry to hear about your shoulder.
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Thanks for your compliment. I used to stay in the water for hours…and hours…until my lips were blue, at that very same beach in the picture.
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I’m sorry to hear about your shoulder and hope it’s easing up. Your haiku are delightful. I can’t choose one favorite, though I do love the young girl calling out, “baby seagulls!” Thanks for wrapping some sweet summer moments into haiku.
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Thanks…your comment warmed my heart. I’m never sure when I write haiku if they “work” as they were meant to. I, too, loved the baby seagulls comment.
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Glad you are back. Having had a frozen shoulder years ago I know how painful it is. These images of beach and water are the perfect way to dissipate the heat and humidity of the day.
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Glad I could help you cool down a bit with my post. Any tips for frozen shoulder?
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I had to go through six weeks of physical therapy after I ended up in the hospital with a doctor knocking me out and then twisting my arm back to break up the crystals that had formed. Lots of arm exercises with rubber bands and a shoulder pulley helped.
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Egads! I’ve done the physical therapy part (which only helped for a short while). I hope I’m not headed for the other treatment you had with your arm being twisted back. We’ll see….
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You spent the summer day in the perfect way!
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1I made my best effort! Oh…I forgot to mention the italian ice I had on the way to the beach from my favorite hot dog/italian ice stand in Oyster Bay. Yes, it was a complete indulgence that day!
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I’ve missed you! Thought maybe you were traveling. I’m sorry you’ve been in pain. It’s so good to read your haiku- you are the queen of them!
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It’s good to hear from you. I miss you, too! I read your posts faithfully to keep up with the Sokolowski’s. I hope it’s been a good summer for you and your family. Ours has been full of unexpected events like a cesspool replacement that destroyed our front stoop, our entire front yard and damaged a few big pine trees. Reconstruction has just begun. We’ve also been involved in a massive battle with our town fathers about overdevelopment of apartments in Huntington and the impact it’s having on the residents’ quality of life. Our whole family has been involved for the past six months but it’s a worthy cause.
I signed up for the first LIWP gathering in September, even though I’m feeling less and less like a part of things since I stopped teaching. I’m still interested in what happens in the world of teaching but I feel like an outsider at this point. Any thoughts?
Stay in touch…I love hearing from you.
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I love Haikus but never think to write them when I’m in the mood to write. I need to make a list of different kinds of poems I can write instead of just writing prose. The beach always inspires! 🙂
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PS…sorry about your shoulder. Hope you are healing quickly!
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For me, writing haiku is a bit like solving a puzzle. I start with an idea and then just begin to play with the words and the lines to make everything fit the form. I find having to ferret out excess words, and/or substituting better words, in a line of haiku is a fun challenge. I also have learned that I need to feel inspired by something to write a haiku. That day at the beach, for example, gave me lots of inspiration for Summer Moments.
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Barbara, the photo you have at the top of your post is a wonderful one for your poetry. By embedding your poetic thoughts on top of your photo, you will have a great combo. You may want to lessen the amount of poems for that image because the whole composition has to be 450 pixels. You can take care of that if you use the free version of PicMonkey or you could also use Canva. I do like the last haiku the best. Did you see the requirements in my invitation for #TheArtofSummering Gallery? http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-art-of-summering.html
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