new life
a leaping frog
goslings on the shore
a fawn under the bush
memories on the breeze
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©️2019 Ontheland
…..Five lines, a kind of tanka, for the Haikai Challenge – fawn – kanoko. The challenge inspired me to learn that the largest number of fawns are born in late May and early June. Over the years I have seen an adult deer in my backyard and fleetingly, adults and young deer grazing together by the roads. This year I heard stories about people seeing fawns concealed by their mothers…who, like baby birds, await their mother’s return and should not be touched.
The other mentions in the poem, the frog, the goslings and breezes are all of recent days.
Ontheland 
Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #4: Janice’s latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge!
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Thank you, Frank :))
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😇
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It’s what I’m seeing here, too. I had read somewhere that sometimes the mother deer runs away from her baby to distract people.
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Brava. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
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Thank you :))
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What a lovely celebration of spring in your part of the world.
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Thank you, Suzanne. It’s nice to have the time and mental space to notice things more. The seasons were much more of a blur when I was younger.
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Very nicely penned! ❤
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Thank you 🌸
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Loved the haiku! Great job!😊
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Thank you 🙂
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