Plum blossoms, ume-no-hana, are frequent haiku theme and signal the end of winter (source: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai).
lovers find wild plums
sweet blossoms fade to tart fruit
overlook sharp thorns
animation
17 Jan 2016 1 Comment
in haiku Tags: acorns, snow, squirrels
seek frozen acorns
powdery puff of tail fluff
squirrels dig in snow
black hills boon
17 Jan 2016 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: goats, horns, winter
sharp horns of winter
furred herd forages landscape
mountain goats by road
photo by lynn
quiet contrast
08 Jan 2016 2 Comments
in haiku, Uncategorized Tags: black, contrast, icicles, sky, snowflake, white, winter
white sky is falling
stars of perfect symmetry
snowflake on black scarf
mid-winter settles
temps dive under sun’s cold glare
icicles shiver
blue shadows stretch long
diamonds blanket our deep sleep
home fire’s sweet slow burn
photo by lynn
silently the snow
18 Dec 2015 5 Comments
in haiku Tags: moon, roof, snow
Link to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai “fresh snow”
photo by lynn
moon rises softly
glowing fullness blushes pink
snow glistens on roof
the feather
29 Nov 2015 4 Comments
in haiku, Uncategorized Tags: feather, ice, swan
Inspired by Ese’s beautiful haiku at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai and Hans Christian Anderson’s classic The Ugly Duckling.
left behind
in the frozen pond
white feather
© Ese
winter pond freezing
young duckling missed migration
white swan escapes ice
lynn__
american paradox/stuffed
25 Nov 2015 3 Comments
in american sentence, haiku, senryu, Uncategorized Tags: Thanksgiving
it’s thanksgiving day
give thanks for all our blessings
…tomorrow we shop
used with permission
japanese moon
28 Oct 2015 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: moon, sword, tiger
ID 15459790 © Fotosutra | Dreamstime.com
keen eye of tiger
silk robe cloaks samurai sword
steel clouds mask full moon
we pass thru vale (veil) of tears
19 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in haiku, quote Tags: home, orphans, peace, refugees, tears
we’re all refugees
orphans searching for hearts’ home
when peace cries last tears
photo by lynn
Thanks to Mira for nominating me for the 3 Quotes, 3 Days challenge!
(Hey, I nominate all of my readers…check it out!)
earth’s sweet shadow
28 Sep 2015 6 Comments
in haiku Tags: lunar eclipse, oreo cookie
taste lunar eclipse
oreo cookie slides past
creme filling reveal
ID 52721482 © Ronald Pickering | Dreamstime.com
resurrection vision
27 Sep 2015 3 Comments
in haiku Tags: breath, phoenix, resurrection, valley
valley of dry bones
death exhaled, flesh takes new breath
like phoenix rising
photo credit: wikipedia
Connecting with constellation series at Carpe Diem’s Space Odyssey
summers hummers
15 Aug 2015 3 Comments
in haiku Tags: campfire, cicadas, crickets
dusk’s rousing chorus
crickets and cicadas sing
beyond the campfire ring
black cricket (dreamstime)
a poem in my pocket 
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