#183

Curmudgeons at work
Do not make my day easy.
I will blame the heat.

#182

To eat and to drink

Are among life's finer points. 

Don't be abstemious.

#181

Callipygian:
If you used this highbrow word,
You might seem less crass.

#180

Flowers, fountains, stars
Explode in the night above.
Summer festivals.

#179

Fire in the sky;
Confusion down on the ground.
The sky fire wins.

#178

On a quiet lake,
So many points of light float.
Evening fireflies.

#177

Emblem of summer,
The lightening bug bobs around.
I free it outside.

#176

There is such quiet
In a hot afternoon.
It's time for a nap.

#175

Too hot to go out,
I sit inside with the cats,
Wishing it were cool.

#174

The last place on Earth
I thought would be so pleasant
Was Hell, Michigan.

#173

At the library
There is snorting and jabber.
This is not the place.

#172

After the storms left,
The air grew thick, wet, and hot.
Twas too good to last.

#171

A summer rainstorm
Swept through two days in a row.
We have been lucky.

#170

A fresh new hairstyle
For the hot summer weather.
More than hair was cut.

#169

A warm enough sun
Coupled with a gentle breeze
Equals Lazy Day.

#168

Today is too good,
Too bright, and too beautiful
To be spent inside.

#167

Between the headstones,
They follow in our footsteps:
Cemetery ghosts.

#166

In the bright hot sun,
Among the shade of the stones,
We're seeking the dead.

#165

The clouds clear away,
The rain refuses to fall,
As our hunt begins.

#164

I set out early
On an adventure with friends.
The theme is magic.

#163

On a day of rest,
With air so humid and hot,
It feels good inside.

#162

The day will be hot,
But in the dark of morning,
I remain content.

#161

The weekend ahead
should be quiet and peaceful.
Instead, it's like this.

#160

The bright afternoon,
Coupled with a cool spring breeze,
Should be much enjoyed.

#159

The planet Venus,
Star of evening and morning,
Dark spot on the sun.

#158

Tonight in heaven
We'll see a goddess softly
Slip past the sun god.

#157

The wolves are silent
As they lie in the cool shade.
Like domestic dogs.

#156

A giraffe's black tongue
Is slick, slimy, and greedy
As it seeks out leaves.

#155

The promised sunshine
Was the most welcome of sights
After a gray storm.

#154

A little light rain
Is all that is required
To raise humidity.