Rain and more rain fills the roadside ditch a safe distance away from my house. I think of the people in my hometown fleeing the Ottawa River.
spring floods –
holding ponds fill with
climate petitions
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©️2019 Ontheland
CBC News Report April 30, 2019
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Ontheland 
We got snow this morning, about an inch of ground cover. Good thing I kept my snow shovel next to the daffodils.
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My that is a lot of snow for May! And you can’t say it snowed because you put your shovel away. (My little superstition 😉
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #5: Janice’s latest haiku!
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Thank you, Frank 🙂
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Love the poem, but does it still qualify as a haiku when it has 12 syllables, rather than 17? I think it’s great whatever; this is just a query, open for discussion, as have been having a go at writing haiku’s myself, and was criticised for using a 6, 5, 6 pattern, instead of the usual 5, 7, 5. Rules are made to be broken, in my opinion!
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Modern haiku poets don’t feel bound by the traditional syllable count. One reason is that haiku is a Japanese form originally and the linguistic units they were counting are smaller than English syllables. I prefer less than 17 syllables…feels more smooth. You might be interested in exploring The Haiku Foundation website. There is much to read there. They also have an app full of haiku in a wide range of styles. Thanks for asking :))
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Thanks for the reply. Will take a look at The Haiku Foundation website. Keep writing ..
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Sorry, meant ‘haikus’ without the apostrophe. Been a long day …
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Feels like we are about to drown around here too. Feels like it’s been raining for 2 weeks, and in between winter snuck back in!
Pat
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Not quite winter again here, but chilly (which is perhaps what you’re referring to). It’s too cold to harden seedlings on the porch…a usual process at this time of year. Nothing is ‘usual’ these days.
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So true😊
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