Caring About Our World Reflecting About Life
luscious spring blossoms
soon fall back to their roots
these tree leaves will last
offering summer shelter
as spring fades to a dream
buds unfurl to leaves
marking the passage of spring
woodland flowers fade
while a fresh canopy grows
spring sparkles as memory
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©2018 Ontheland
The theme of Frank’s Haikai Challenge #34 is ‘passing spring’
murky feelings in a hand-me-down shirt linger as last remnants…there but not there…silenced by practicality and a reluctance to discard…the hand-me-down stays much longer than it should…until I vow to keep essentials only and clothes that whisper joy…I give the shirt away and soon a new top comes bearing longer sleeves and a length that drapes my hips with comfort…and the murky shirt feelings? they fly away like dust in the wind.
Spring cleanup
creating new inner space
for today
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artery of the earth
gushing an eternal dream
rolls to the ocean
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snagged on a rock
at last I hear the river
in the rushing current
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In response to Carpe Diem #1425 The Talking River. The river in the photo, unnamed, is offered to the public at Pixabay.com.
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There are many places that I have not seen—deserts, volcanoes, inland seas. For some, wandering is the path, a liberation from the familiar. And yet wandering in what is here unveils other dimensions, other paths…a life finds its own journey…spiralling through space, love, passion, meaning…
snug in the earth
leaf and stem dream of fruit
young blueberry bush
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©️2018 Ontheland
An extreme haibun (consisting of no more than 55 words) for Carpe Diem #1421 Desert.
The image is offered for public use at Pixabay.com.
Nagging worries
gather and cling
like lint, cat hair, glue
or stain like grease
and spaghetti sauce
I say toss them all —
all those messy details
and annoyances
Like an expert tidier
store only what
makes you happy
(let me know if it works)
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©️2018 Ontheland
A quadrille (44-word poem) for dVerse using the word ‘gather’
to live life with passion and colour to the end of my days…to nurture lightness, curiosity, generosity, playfulness, endeavour…fortunate are those who retain a well of stamina in their elder years…
may a youthful spirit dwell in denial? perhaps, yet to tread nowhere or somewhere in this moment is a choice…a choice to thrive until the end.
a rainbow of light
flames rich autumn splendour—
the sun slips away
©2018 Ontheland
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In Carpe Diem #1410 Rainbow, Chevrefeuille asks us to write a short haibun (100 words or less) using this haiku by Issa or a revision of it:
evening’s fall colors –
the rainbow in the valley
fades away© Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828)
‘Issa’ is a pen-name meaning ‘cup of tea’…the autumn photo is from Pixabay.com.
After the downpour
golden rays escape the clouds
magic hints of spring
©️2018 Ontheland
