I think I have tried this at least once before with some success. If you would like to play along the rules are simple. Just construct a 5-7-5 syllable haiku with the phrase “indian summer” as either the 1st or 3rd line and include it in a comment to this post.

Not sure what Indian summer is? In short, it is a period of warm weather after the first frost, but people tend to often use it for any warm day in the autumn after autumn has begun to make its presence known. I think it also just sounds rather nice.

Happy writing and syllable counting.

Here’s my first go:

Under apple trees
The air drowsy, sweet; buzzed bees.
Indian summer.