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spring downpours lessen drizzle falls on green mountains sun glows in high mist
first hot sun of spring beats down on winter white skin smell rain on west wind
purple violets and dandelion yellow spring’s colors shine new
Not a haiku but what I came up with:
In New Moon darkness I sit on a dock listening to unseen sea creatures jumping in the bay: plop, plop, plop.
Softly they splash all night, the same as the first fish, as the ancestral fish of billions of years ago.
In primordial salt water, under the stars, Time began.
Long before I came to be with fish plopping unseen in salt water, Time started ticking forw...
Long before I came to be with fish plopping unseen in salt water, Time started ticking forward.
The fish, sea and stars will continue in their slow procession onward long after I have come to pass.
Creation is bathed in stardust, sunshine and time as one, eternal.
white-pink fringed blossoms open to golden sunshine an apple prelude
crescent moon barely audible buoy bell — Holly Wren Spaulding
I am drawn to this haiku because it is so short, so few words, so crisp and to the point. It transports me instantly:
In this haiku I notice that there are only two things mentioned: the moon and the sound of a bell. But when those things are put together they illicit in my memory sitting on a dock, sea wind, salt water spray, fog, night, a moon and a barely audible buoy bell.
Reading this...
Reading this haiku I experience an extreme memory flash of calm, serene, relaxed sitting in the night on a dock. There is no mention of the ocean, water or any of this but it is assumed, inferred by the presence of the buoy that there is water of some sort. For me the memory is sea water.
I did not think I would live past 30. I will have my 51st birthday soon. Every day is a gift. I have seen all 3 of my children grow up and now have seen one grandson be born. I am so grateful for every day and every birthday.
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