March Madness – A Haibun

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March Madness – A Haibun

It is March and high season in Southwest Florida. The temperatures are in the low 80s, the sun is getting hot and the beaches are packed. We are invaded on a daily basis by thousands of visitors from the northern US and Canada who are tired of digging themselves out of snowdrifts and would prefer to wear a swimsuit rather than a sweater.

We share our seaside home with tourists from just about everywhere, including overseas.  Every parking lot will be full.  You will have to wait over an hour at a restaurant without a reservation. The roads are busy and no one knows where they are going.  Oh yes, did I mention Spring Break!

We refrain from swearing and remember it will soon be May and all the snowbirds would have flown.  At least until October and then they start to come back again!


March madness is here
The return of the snowbirds
Time to hibernate
 
 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

Merrill is hosting Haibun Monday at DVerse tonight
She prompted us with March Madness.

Published by Christine Bolton

I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

26 thoughts on “March Madness – A Haibun”

  1. your haiku sums it all so beautifully! i have read about and seen movies about Spring Break! prepare yourself! love reading about seasonal madness from your POV!

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  5. Ah yes – the onslaught. We used to live in a small resort town – very quiet during the winter months, but once May rolled around, the population exploded.

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    1. Yes, tourist towns are either all or nothing. Here we jam from Oct through Apr and then it’s so empty and peaceful May-Sep. The flip side of what you describe 🙂

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  7. I loved the tone of this–it made me chuckle. I imagine it’s not too much fun to live there, especially during spring break. I always think that in the summer as we’re driving to the beach, and some of the roads where people live all year long are so crowded.

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    1. Thanks Merrill. 🙂💕 Oh it’s a beautiful place to live. Just in season it gets so crazy, busy with people down for the entire winter or those that come and go on vacation. Busy roads, packed beaches. We all complain but we wouldn’t live anywhere else 🙂

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