#34 -Clark Strand’s – Seeds From A Birch Tree

Husband and wife haiku – I love it 🙂


back from the mountains

a yellow handrail guides me

down the subway stairs

~Clark Strand

the weathervane points

at the buds of cherry trees

pink and opening

~Perdita Finn

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#33~prom

nervous boys search stores

pick flowers to match dresses

unsure of color

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“Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” – Dylan Thomas (via Pugs and kisses)

"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" - Dylan Thomas Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in a fl … Read More

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#32 ~purple majesty

Lilac blossoms sway

bedecked in royal colors

sweet smell in spring air

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#31 ~Devil dog

dog injured, boy screams

kitchen cabinets streaked with blood

rose thorn in his tail

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#30 -tick removal

Pulling off the ticks

dog played in the long,  green grass

yet I feel itchy

http://www.tickpicture.com

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#29 – 2 more famous haiku poems

from the book “Seeds from a Birch  Tree” by Clark Strand:

Swim Beach at low tide

a fragment of blue sea glass

with the rocks & shells

~Susan Rudnick

( I love this one because I scour the beaches for sea glass and blue is very rare- I love how this captures the unsentimentality of haiku)

scattered in the shrubs

unceremoniously –

the poison ivy

-Dennis Davidson

I hope you enjoy these on your Friday, or Saturday or any day really  –

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#28 ~ jaguaro

fred solves mystery

jaguaro chasing scooby

happy boy on couch

picture from starpulse.com

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#27 ~ harbingers of spring

spring peepers sing out

serenade from the deep mud

lovingly pitch woo

picture from national geographic

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#26~love songs

outside in the brook

corpulent frogs sing love songs

spring evening welcomed

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