Jasmine incense burns,
Eclectic music blaring
low-paid staff smiling—
Spring fever arrived early
at the old Frontenac Mall.
©2017 Ontheland
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Jasmine buds photo credit: Punnamjai, offered for public use on Pixabay
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Jasmine incense burns,
Eclectic music blaring
low-paid staff smiling—
Spring fever arrived early
at the old Frontenac Mall.
©2017 Ontheland
∼
Jasmine buds photo credit: Punnamjai, offered for public use on Pixabay
Frontenac sounds Algonquin to me for some reason. But definitely reminds me of Milwaukee where so many things have names ending in ac. Fon du Lac, etc which, now that I think about it, probably derives from French. But I digress,
Nice piece, Janice.
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Thanks for your observation as it led me to look into Frontenac which is the name of many places around here (eg Frontenac county, township and Fort Frontenac) The naming is after a French leader, Governor General Frontenac appointed to rule New France in the 1600s. If you look up Frontenac in Wikipedia the end of the list of places named Frontenac includes locations in the United States. This is because New France extended from Canada down into the United States (great map under New France in Wikipedia). I found this fascinating as I am steeped in Frontenac in the area where I am living. :))
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Beautiful scent. Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City is a great landmark too.
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Yes it is 🙂 I like jasmine tea too.
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A fascinating haiku Janice and an incredible image.
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Thank you Denis 🙂 The feelings of spring were a pleasurable discovery in an unexpected place (a normally grungy old mall)
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Marvelous!
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Glad you liked it 🙂
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