A haibun alluding to the solstice for DVerse’s Haibun Monday.
Sweet, ripe strawberries convey the taste of summer. Store-bought may be bigger, but nothing can beat the beauty of garden-grown. The sun from my own back yard reddens the fruits, which have grown from hand-planted seeds, just as this daylight has grown from the seeds of winter nights. Teeth sink gratefully into the fruits of our labor.
This moment stands still
Reaching the peak of ripeness —
Sweet strawberry juice
revivedwriter 
Very delicious! I can imagine grown strawberries would be so much better than store bought. So beautiful and mesmerizing, this haibun.
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“this daylight has grown from the seeds of winter nights”
Yeah… and that haiku is the solstice metaphor.
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Very nice and so summery. I like “just as this daylight has grown from the seeds of winter nights.” Dad has been growing strawberries in a cold frame. They are definitely smaller than the store bought kind, but this year, they are the biggest he’s grown, at least a good bite.
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You and Björn both with your strawberries are making me hanker for them! This was beautiful, RW!
❤
David
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Oh yes, home-grown or even wild strawberries are the best! I think it’s nearly time to pick them here as well…
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Nicely done. Home-grown beats store-bought every time.
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The essence of summer. (K)
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How well I remember picking strawberries, and stealing an occasional warm bit of red wonderfulness, savoring the sweetness. No store-bought can compare!
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I have never been successful growing strawberries… but anything picked is better than the storebought.
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A sweet tasting post! Very nice.
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good strawberries are the best. cardboard ones… not so much… lucky to have had more of the former, than latter – like this pen ~
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