Voting Instructions for 6th International "lingering heat" Kukai

150 Poems; 60 Haijin; 14 Countries for the September lingering heat kukai



Voting Instructions for 6th International "lingering heat" Kukai:



Hello International Kukai Haijin: Below is the ballot for the 6th International "lingering heat" Kukai.

Please NOTE that the votes should be sent to: international_kukai@yahoo.com
CALL FOR Votes in the International "lingering heat" Kukai September 2012
Submission deadline -- Noon, EST, (UTC-4) Saturday, September 1 – Monday, September
10 2012. Voting deadline -- Noon, EST, (UTC-4) Tuesday, September 11 – Tuesday, September 20, 2012.
Results will be up-loaded to the blog no later than, Sunday, September 30, 2012.
The results will be published no later than Sunday, September 30, 2012 in Rita Odeh’s blog at:
http://rita-odeh.blogspot.com

Haijin who fail to vote will have their haiku posted with NO RESULTS
. The managers of the kukai expect every participant to vote.
1. All the entries are listed on the ballot by an individual number.

2. Only submitting Kukai Poets are eligible to vote.

3. Email your votes to: international_kukai@yahoo.com
When voting, please use the words "September lingering heat" 2012 Kukai Vote in the subject line of your e-mail.

4. Each poet has SIX (6) points to use for the kukai vote.
Voters may distribute the points in increments of 1, 2, or 3.
You may not cast more than 3 points for any single poem.

5. Each voter has 6 points;
Please use the following format to submit your votes
(listing by numerical order, rather than order of preference, as in the sample below):

# 05--3 pt.
# 21--1 pts.
# 30--2 pts.

6. Please do not vote for your own poem(s). Any such votes will be disqualified.

To: international_kukai@yahoo.com
Subject: "September--lingering heat" 2012 Kukai Vote

7. All votes will be compiled and the haiku will then be published no later than Sunday, September 30, 2012 in Rita Odeh’s blog at:
http://rita-odeh.blogspot.com/

8. Haijin who fail to vote will have their haiku
posted with NO RESULTS.
The managers of the kukai expect every participant to vote.

The votes will appear as per the following sample:
0, 2 ,7 =11 Which means:

No voter gave 3 points, 2 voters gave 2 points, 7 voters gave 1 point = for a total of 11 points



The Haiku:

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the lingering heat
replaced with monsoon floods—
the Great restless Mother

# 01.
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lingering heat—
her scolding wrath wilts
even desert blooms

# 02.
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balloon drop .. .
the lingering heat
of promises

# 03.
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farmers market...
in the lingering heat
cider slushys rule

# 04.
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lingering dusk
on seething flagstones
shredded moth wings

# 05.
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Silence of virgins
Silence through wastelands
Late silence

# 06.
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frosty shed—
fading embers
in the barbecue

# 07.
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icicles—
dreaming of
that lingering heat

# 08.
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lingering heat
even with a warped guitar
his song sounds the same

# 09.
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Indian summer
left a mark on the run
Wave caught up with him

# 10.
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Lingering heat.
On a rock
immobile lizards.

# 11.
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remaining heat
fallen sunflower heads
getting black

# 12.
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Lingering heat—
the whole family
in the hammocks.

# 13.
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remaining heat—
how to take pleasure in the sun,
I'll ask a cricket

# 14.
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remaining heat
gentle crack of the ice cubes
in my lemonade

# 15.
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lingering heat
autumn’s hot red head flaunts
a climate change hat

# 16.
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remaining heat..
sunset twenty years
after he leaves

# 17.
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after a rumble
heat lightening
sky to ground

# 18.
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vapor rises slowly
from the hot asphalt of a road
in late summer

# 19.
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lingering heat
rainwater’s clarity
in a mushroom

# 20.
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after the ride
grooming the horse
lingering heat

# 21.
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lingering heat
my daughter
packs for uni

# 22.
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another splash
from the birdbath . . .
lingering heat

# 23.
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Coming into Life
September needn't cry
crossing the threshold.

# 24.
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lingering heat …
a leaf curling
into brown

# 25.
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remaining heat below the stairs stars

# 26.
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lingering heat—
I hold the last blackberry
on my tongue

# 27.
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lingering heat
tomatoes redden
on the ground

# 28.
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on the miner’s face
a taste of ashy passion
remaining heat flares

# 29.
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lingering heat
a butterfly returns
to the hedge

# 30.
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Summer will be gone
And all the remaining heat
Will set fire to leaves

# 31.
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a group of tourists
relax in a cathedral...
lingering heat

# 32.
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lingering heat—
song of a robin has
the full extent

# 33.
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lingering heat
just a trickle
of soft piano notes

# 34.
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in this
lingering heat
thinking of you

# 35.
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dozens of pigeons
on the street fountain statue—
lingering heat

# 36.
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lingering heat—
look the wreck of ice cubes
into my glass

# 37.
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lingering heat—
an old couple leaves the park
hand in hand

# 38.
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September—
too early
for flannel sheets

# 39.
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so hot today
but the apple
I picked

# 40.
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languid lingering
frosted beer glasses
broken fan

# 41.
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a crow teeters
on a bare spruce top
lingering heat

# 42.
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lingering heat—
scattered children's t-shirts
on the terrace

# 43.
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closing his stall—
on the pomegranates
lingering heat

# 44.
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calm summer eve
still warm deck chair
on the beach

# 45.
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Cat among watermelons,
nothing to eat
only remaining heat.

# 46.
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kid's ice cream
ages before his eyes
lingering heat

# 47.
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lingering heat
our tomcat sleeps in
the neighbor’s greenhouse

# 48.
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lingering heat
the toddler's hair
clings to her forehead

# 49.
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the lingering warmth
of the weathered gabbro
cool lake breeze

# 50.
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the worn groove
beneath her wedding ring—
lingering heat

# 51.
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morning fog
expelled by the sunrise—
lingering heat

# 52.
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pear tree shade
without a half of leaves—
Indian summer

# 53.
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lingering heat—
the pitcher's
fastball grip

# 54.
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lingering heat
the beach all to myself
once school starts

# 55.
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a few new blooms
in the window box
lingering heat

# 56.
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taking time
under a full moon
autumn wind

# 57.
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Remaining heat,
The sky is blue and bright,
Raindrops wane.

# 58.
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her big eyes
asking to stay in the pool
lingering heat

# 59.
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lingering heat...
I let the blooms come
as they please

# 60.
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sweat droplet
racing down spine
siesta-time

# 61.
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your passion for life
a bold athletic style—
lingering heat

# 62.
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90 degree
temperatures welcome at last—
the lingering heat

# 63.
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lingering heat—
fossils in the Badlands'
inland sea

# 64.
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lingering heat...
kids run from the school bus
straight to the pool

# 65.
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the languid sway
of her scarf
lingering heat

# 66.
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Dew froze the fingers
The silk thread of silence
Chrystal and the breath

# 67.
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alone
her memories and I
snow flakes

# 68.
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lingering heat—
the bloodhound's ears drooping
more than ever

# 69.
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lingering heat
in the thrift store, she finds
a dress, never worn

# 70.
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Burning summer sun
The seagulls sailing over
The deserted beach

# 71.
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The last trek.
Enjoying the scenery
and the remaining heat.

# 72.
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last grasses
overrunning the fields…
remaining heat

# 73.
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Lingering heat—
we have our dinner
on the back porch.

# 74.
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remaining heat—
in that open window
the theatre of shadows

# 75.
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lingering heat
moon’s shot silk negligee
stuns the stars

# 76.
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drought and heat dry leaves
indian pipe lucent white...
early fall this year

# 77.
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late in August
the lingering heat becomes
a prison

# 78.
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fluttering of the scarecrow lingering heat
# 79.
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in the garden
nibbled lettuce
lingering heat

# 80.
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lingering heat
we leave after their
son's funeral

# 81.
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Don't turn yourself
into the September's cup
holding on too long.

# 82.
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singular beauty of chameleons remaining heat

# 83.
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lingering heat—
from the Ferris wheel top
I finally see him

# 84.
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lingering heat
a stray dog
chases its tail

# 85.
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skin to skin
lingering heat
waves of love

# 86.
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lingering heat
the black cat pounces
on my shadow

# 87.
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lingering heat ...
roasting upon the beach
heaps of brown bodies

# 88.
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starry night...
a sax from the terrace
brings new heat

# 89.
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lingering heat
the old trumpeter’s lips
slightly off-center

# 90.
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making the most of her
remaining heat
before we fall asleep

# 91.
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lingering heat—
I give up my miniskirt
keeping the sunglasses

# 92.
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remaining heat—
in a shell I take home
the sea sounds

# 93.
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early fall—
fan pushing
wilted air

# 94.
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Fußgängerzone
she asks for Federweißer
without Flammkuchen

# 95.
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lingering heat
the dog curls
around my feet

# 96.
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off to war—
lingering heat
in his mother's rosary

# 97.
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ending summer
a late sunray warming
the lee

# 98.
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Lingering heat—
women's lingerie through the reed,
and moon who's hiding...

# 99.
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light of dawn
lingering heat
of candle smoke

# 100.
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lingering heat
we skinny-dip one more time
and talk of college

# 101.
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leftover heat
the grizzled face
of the mailman

# 102.
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remaining heat
a tattered flag flies
from the embassy roof

# 103.
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autumn changes the gown
green to yellow, slowly—
lingering heat

# 104.
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a bumblebee buzzing
over already dried flowers—
lingering heat

# 105.
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lingering heat—
last night's tequila
on my breath

# 106.
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at sunset
the lingering heat
of his kiss

# 107.
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Remaining heat,
I hold the sun’s burn,
In my eyes.

# 108.
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flushed face
sunburnt arms
menopause

# 109.
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Village green weaved,
Coolness in the wind,
Remaining heat.
# 110.
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lingering heat
the desire we still feel
after fifty years

# 111.
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leaving for work—
the dog climbs into
my spot in bed

# 112.
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smell of autumn fruit jam
in my wife's kitchen—
lingering heat
# 113.
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ripe yellow grapes
waiting to be picked—
lingering heat

# 114.
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lingering heat
gulls squabble
over fish scraps

# 115.
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hospice
her last corn harvest
in the late heat

# 116.
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my ex-wife asks to meet
I turn off the fan
and feel lingering heat

# 117.
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lingering heat
even after a decade
her thoughts

# 118.
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Improvisations at xylophone,
noisy kids—
otherwise lingering heat.

# 119.
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warm ember
of the grill -the first mist cloaks
parched yard lawn

# 120.
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lingering heat—
butterflies gather
on a dark rock

# 121.
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my gardens
wither in lingering heat—
soon a new season

# 122.
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unending drought blights
the shriveled corn rows—
lingering heat

# 123.
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lingering heat—
just a butterfly
moves the air

# 124.
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one single red chick
among a dozen golden—
remaining heat

# 125.
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can't think of a damn thing to do
with this old man's
remaining heat

# 126.
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lingering heat
a spoonbill
drifting from view

# 127.
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global warming—
remaining heat without
the end

# 128.
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heavy clouds gather
after a tropical storm...
lingering heat

# 129.
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lingering heat
the hesitations
of a falling leaf

# 130.
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her careful draught
from his warm teacup
lingering heat

# 131.
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lingering heat
somebody lights
a firecracker

# 132.
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girls in short shorts
first week of high school
lingering heat

# 133.
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scissors
instead of sewing—
remaining heat

# 134.
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I'm alive
my mind thinks of all the things
rising September.

# 135.
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after the argument
empty room
remaining heat

# 136.
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lingering heat
the wallah takes down
the raincoat array

# 137.
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on the veranda
shade and cool drinks
respite from summer

# 138.
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century mark temps
citizens die from heat stroke...
early fall colors

# 139.
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remaining evening heat—
the old boat filling up fastest
with the darkness

# 140.
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Lingering heat—
a swallowtail checks
the white chrysanthemums.

# 141.
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remaining heat
ripened sunflower heads
getting heavier

# 142.
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Rocking chair
in the sunny corner garden.
Lingering heat.

# 143.
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gone by summer
wave after wave erases
tracks in the sand

# 144.
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lingering heat
running through my long hair
your fingertips

# 145.
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lingering heat—
on the sun's rays
it hangs heavy

# 146.
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Waves of the sun
On the wind wings fairies
Red beach

# 147.
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lingering heat
dew and tears drying up
so soon

# 148.
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lingering heat ...
the cricket concert
continues

# 149.
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lingering heat—
smoke from the forest fires
darkens our souls

# 150.
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End of Kukai
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