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 –
fred solves mystery
jaguaro chasing scooby
happy boy on couch
picture from starpulse.com
spring peepers sing out
serenade from the deep mud
lovingly pitch woo
picture from national geographic
leaking reactor
abandoned pets
will owners return?
credit: Reuters/Tokyo Electric Power Co
things I have stolen
bible, a poetry book
kisses, joy, candy
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A friend of mine has let me borrow a book of haiku that seems wonderful, “Seeds from a Birch Tree” by Clark Strand – I can’t wait to dive into it further. In doing a quick scan I found an old favorite and a new one to love – I thought I would share them and hope you are enjoying a beautiful spring day, if not I hope these will brighten your spirits.
Chrysanthemums bloom
in a gap between the stones
of a stonecutter’s yard
~Matsuo Basho
Beginning of spring-
the perfect simplicity
of a yellow sky
~Issa
I hope you enjoy these two and thank you to my haiku friend for letting me borrow this book 😉
flowering tree waves
fluttering in the spring breeze
pink and white blossoms
quake in Spain 10 dead
5.3 on Richter scale
where will it quake next?
picture from http://www.bbc.co.uk
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