Adieu, ye Midsummer’s Day! (a #haibun)

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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15 responses to “Adieu, ye Midsummer’s Day! (a #haibun)”

coalblack

June 22, 2019

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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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  June 22, 2019
  
  Thanks, coal! 🙂
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

June 22, 2019

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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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  June 22, 2019
  
  Thanks, Bjorn! I so enjoyed the length of day yesterday, and the transition through twilight to night! 🙂
  
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Magaly Guerrero

June 22, 2019

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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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  June 22, 2019
  
  Thanks! 😀
  
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kanzensakura

June 22, 2019

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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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  June 22, 2019
  
  Thanks, Toni! As for Autumn having yet to come: as a teacher, I count on it! 😆
  
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oldegg

June 23, 2019

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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Charmed Chaos

June 23, 2019

Frank- I love everything about this, but especially your haiku.

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Susie Clevenger

June 25, 2019

Love it! I did feel a bit of melancholy that the longest day will make that quick turn to shorter.

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Margaret Elizabeth Bednar

July 9, 2019

Summer memories “as if I could forget you”… the personalization is perfect for me.

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Jasodhara Batabyal

March 25, 2020

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  March 25, 2020
  
  Thank you!
  
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