Winter's fierce exhale,
sunshine's warmth and light
Battle of change continues
Patterns of grace
amongst decomposing life
Little lights of hope
Iced hardness melted
Flowing freely once again
Choosing path to take
Surprise! The time's now.
Purple party poppers burst
Spring celebration
Sealed hard and tight
Soaking in life-giving sustenance
Awakening is near
I just finished reading Three Simple Lines: A Writer's Pilgrimage into the Heart and Homeland of Haiku by Natalie Goldberg. Part of my learning was that haiku does not need to be written in the 5-7-5 syllable pattern that I had always learned but it can just be 3 short lines. The tricky part is that these 3 lines need to make the mind leap.
So I had haiku on my mind as I went out for a walk today. It seemed that I was on a Spring scavenger hunt during my walk as many new features of Spring caught my eye. I was inspired to try writing haikus about these lovely nature gifts. I know that I wrote 3 lines for each one- some in the 5-7-5 manner. I don't know how much of a mind leap exists in them but I hope my attention to now comes through.
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