I love Dierks Bentley’s music. His Riser album is genius. I’ve worn a groove in the CD in my old pick-up.

With relation to this blog, I was struck by the song Sounds of Summer which was written by Zach Crowell, Matt Jenkins, and Adam Sanders. It has several lyrics that lend themselves to Haiku. For example, the first 3 lines are:

It’s a tractor firin’ up
Kids playin’ in a field
Four wheels gettin’ stuck

Those of you who love haiku will point out that the order and the syllable count is wrong, but just a little adjustment gives us this:

Kids play’n in a field
It’s a tractor firin’ up
Four wheels gettin’ stuck

That’s a pretty damn good Hillbilly Haiku in my humble opinion. Although, those 3 lines evoke Spring rather than Summer for me. You have nature, season, and a slight surprise. I wish I had written it.

There are lots of great lines in there; “Boots climbin’ barbwire”, “the dust in the air”, and “tin roof drippin’ rain.”

Genius. Thanks, Fellas