Daylight yields to darkness in the twilight. It’s nine o’clock in “New York’s backyard,” but still some light remains. Even if it dwindles.
The first–and longest–day of summer thus makes way for the first–and shortest–night of this season. Already the temperature drops, as though Autumn can’t wait to upstage the sunny season to come.
as if
I could forget you
Summer Solstice
for Real Toads’ Weekend Mini-Challenge: Summer Solstice (Imagined by Toni Spencer)
and my own haikai challenge!
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Frank J. Tassone 
I love the ending! Wow, almost dark at 9. Here in (this part of) Michigan, we are on EDT and are so far west that it doesn’t get dark til 10 or shortly after. When I needed to go to bed early for work it bugged the heck out of me, but now that I am retired hardly notice it. Anyway, nice work and have a nice weekend.
–coal (Fireblossom)
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Thanks, coal! 🙂
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I really love this.. of course we do get a lot of daylight at the moment… Sun sets after 10 PM and raise at 3:30… but really dark it never gets at solstice… the daylight is what I love the most with solstice.
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Thanks, Bjorn! I so enjoyed the length of day yesterday, and the transition through twilight to night! 🙂
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I’ve, too, have Always thought of autumn as wonderful show offish. And summer? Well, who could ever forget that star!
Love that closing.
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Thanks! 😀
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I love your ending. Autumn is so far away and it is going to get hotter. Autmn still has yet to come.
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Thanks, Toni! As for Autumn having yet to come: as a teacher, I count on it! 😆
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Here in Australia it is the longest night but that is not so bad as our winter is much milder than yours and one we hope it rains a lot! However I do remember living in England as a boy happy from this day on it was beach time! Your ending is quite a delight!
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Frank- I love everything about this, but especially your haiku.
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Love it! I did feel a bit of melancholy that the longest day will make that quick turn to shorter.
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Summer memories “as if I could forget you”… the personalization is perfect for me.
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Thank you!
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