summer wanes, geese return

triple-digit heat
Canadian geese flew north
but now they're back

days grow shorter

the days grow shorter
sun up one minute later
sunset one sooner

beginning of summer's end

many thunderclaps
cool rain falls on dry ground
summer is ending

driving with oven mitts

driving with oven mitts
steering wheel won't burn my hands
hot day in hot car

follow your own star

follow your own star
don't sell yourself short or out
follow your own star

Obama meets Dalai Lama

President Obama
meets Dalai Lama today
same, same, all the same

102 too hot to haiku

it is so hot here
this haiku went up in smoke
but no great loss