Pale moonlight flowers
like souls of dead butterflies
crouch on winter limbs
crouch on winter limbs
Hmm...It's been awhile since I wrote one of these. Maybe float instead of crouch? What do you think? Haiku make me think of the summer we wrote many in preparation for a beach trip. Supreme silliness ensued...
dog woods remind me of home
ReplyDeleteahhhhh I miss dogwoods, and rhododendron, and azaelea.......
ReplyDeleteWhy do I live in the desert??
What an inspiring bloom!
ReplyDeletea beautiful haiku...i like both versions
ReplyDeleteActualy float gives me a more vivid & soft vision than crouch which elicits a hard,harse image. Love Haiku & the dogwoods . Are u familar with this legend of the dogwood?
ReplyDeleteI love writing hiku, it seems Im only good for a few line of poetry, then it all turns to fluff.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures, and a beautiful hiku. I particularly liked the image of the flowers as souls of dead butterflies. Kind of a dark image for spring.. but I like it.
Yeah, definitely "float" over "crouch", though crouch goes with the darker allusions, and float is more ethereal.
ReplyDeleteI can never hear the word "Haiku" without thinking of Robin Williams:
"Red sand between my
toes. Summer vacation in
outer space.
-That was a Martian haiku!"
Beautiful picture on your header of the dogwoods - I love them when they're still a bit green too!
fairies nest - I have TAGGED you! You have to go to my blog to see how the tagging works. you must post 6 bits of information about yourself, and then tag 3 more people!!!!
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That is a beautiful dogwood! Love the dolls you've been making lately!
ReplyDeleteI love the dogwood motif on your banner! great photo. and those beach haikus were in a class, or perhaps glass, by themselves!
ReplyDeleteHere's a new one for this season, and season's past:
sweet soft soaking rain
beach balls bouncing by again
alliterate, Cin!