#Akita

mouth dripping
head shaking...an Akita
sits in the hot sun

#sunset

Summer sunset---
the sun comes out
for a quick dip

#Day

Bastille Day---
can democracy
truly unite Europe?

#out

Bastille Day---
an elephant at the zoo
is let out for a walk

#Friday

Friday the Thirteenth---
I make sure I remember
to put on sunscreen

#mosquito

morning stillness---
a mosquito buzzes
over an empty bed

#Park

Madison Square Park
after the heat wave---
the benches are full

#ants

Tour de France---
diligence of ants
climbing a sand hill

#bored

hot day in the park---
the frogs at the pond
sound bored

#butterfly

no flowers near by---
a butterfly lands
on my shoe lace

#bark

fallen scraps
of dead bark---
I buy dandruff shampoo

#fight

in the heat of a Summer noon
they fight---
two sparrows

#hot

hot day---
she writes a haiku
in minimal clothes

#solar

heat wave---
a homeless man
cooks with solar