Summer with it's hot days on and on, broken by thunderstorms and finally, a cool night to sleep in.

walking hand in hand
sunned pomegranates branch
toward us

karenajoan
​2016

hear cicadas
summer's gentle rhythm
after the storm

karenajoan
​2018

special summer haiku -
sunset, crescent moon
together over a bay
on our lips, cherries

​karenajoan
​2018

​sea is calm, lightly
rolling waves, sparkling spray
grasses, shells, and me

​karenajoan
2020

​summer raspberries
sweetened sunshine, rain-bulbs
fall, pop in my mouth

karenajoan
2020 

​​a cradle, looking up
will please you hold this child ?
mother asks the moon

karenajoan
​2020

One ear on his chest,
one ear to the shore, beating
heart, soft lapping waves.

Karenajoan
2021