To write a haiku inspired by Jim Kacian’s haiku:
chopping wood-
someone does the same
a moment later
I respond with:
axes sing –
quenching winter’s dirge
of dying embers
or maybe an American Sentence
Persistent buzz of lawn-movers will not give my neighbor perfect lawns
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A long time since I linked up to Carpe Diem Summer has been great 🙂
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Björn Rudbergs writings 
i used to live in a house that only had wood heat…so i chopped a lot of wood…and collected a lot of sticks…and worked out a lot of lifes trials pounding wood…ha
The first is delightful and the second gave me a smile.
Cheers!
JzB
the second one so awsome!! smiling!
Hooray! He’s back at CDHK!!! Missed your posts. 🙂
Really liked the American Sentence — the people here have a bad case of “keeping up with the neighbors” — when one person starts to mow their yard everyone starts — lest their yard look somehow more unkempt than the rest. They cut it so short that it gets brown and raggedy. Ugh — let it grow a bit!
Great haiku—
First, welcome back! Second, the American sentence brings a smile to my face. Delightful!
Sort of Like Chopping Wood
Wonderful first haiku and delightful 2nd one ~
artmusedog and carol ( A Creative Harbor
“winter’s dirge” – goosebumps. I don’t believe I’ve ever heard the season laid to rest, with such . . . ceremony (brief though it is) – with axes singing, no less. What a wonderful haiku. My mind is still rolling it over.
Excellent haiku. Glad you have been enjoying summer!
Bjorn, Good pieces. My dad used to cut weeds and all, and he had a lovely green lawn. 🙂 —Susan
I wonder if it’s really so easy to quench winter’s dirge…
Morning by morning
Yes, blades and axes sing.
Best to chop dead wood than live men.
I like both your responses Bjorn, but your haiku is amazingly great … thanks for sharing an American Sentence too.