Three for Synonyms Only - August, 2023

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Tanka Tuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge No. 331 

Synonyms Only

words: flow and wave 

I have written three, 5/7/5.


on these summer nights

my only cool breezes from

circulating fans


flapping banners high

the vast crowd streams through downtown

demands of justice


the trickle tells all

a pipe leakage underground

my cash flutters off

©2023 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved

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Comments

  1. ColleenAugust 6, 2023 at 12:46 PM

    Lisa, these are some amazing haiku. I love how you captured what summer has been like for you. It's cool and rainy today... it feels like autumn, not August!

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    1. LisaAugust 9, 2023 at 3:49 PM

      I don't remember the last time it rained. Not any summer rains at all. Next week will be over 100 again. 106 they say.

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  2. Yvette M CalleiroAugust 7, 2023 at 2:48 AM

    Fantastic collection of poems, Lisa! I remember many nights where the fan attempted to cool us off but failed miserably. Lol!

    Yvette M Calleiro :-)
    http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com

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    1. LisaAugust 9, 2023 at 3:50 PM

      I have a portable AC in the living room, and small house, so it works during the day. Nights though, I neglected to have a window put in before I moved in, I have to leave the French door ajar, not open, as the dog will go out, the neighbor cat will come in (maybe a raccoon), and bugs.

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  3. willowdot21August 7, 2023 at 10:50 PM

    All three are perfect 💜

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