A Year in Haikus

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January:

In January,

The frost on the frozen ground,

Is white and crystal

 

February:

In February,

The icy dangerous roads,

Are melting away.

 

March:

Spring is here in March,

The daffodils have begun,

To shoot through the earth

 

April:

April sends showers,

which wet the growing plants,

and make them spring up.

 

May:

May suggests flowers,

With roses, freesia, orchids,

These colour the land.

 

June:

June brings heat and sun,

The bright azure of the sky,

Gives joy to the beach.

 

July:

It gets hotter still,

Americans Celebrate,

Their independence.

 

August:

The beaches are packed,

And the sea is sparkling in,

The hot August sun.

 

September:

Green leaves turn to brown,

The summer has ended and,

the schools are open.

 

October:

October brings sweets,

Pumpkins and witches and trolls,

Halloween is back!

 

November:

Bang! Sizzle! Crash!

Fireworks light up the dark skies,

long nights and short days.

 

December:

Trees, and holly and,

diamantine snow encrusts ,

the sparkling pavements.