Readers are invited to send haiku about summer rain by postcard to David McMurray, International University of Kagoshima, Sakanoue 8-34-1, Kagoshima, 891-0197, or e-mail<mcmurray@fka.att.ne.jp>. Haiku are selected for printing each first, third and fifth Friday of the month for the Asahi Haikuist Network <www.asahi.com/english/haiku>. The next column appears June 19.