cherry blossoms – penned in moon dust

Cherry Margarita #haiku #spring #haibun

I sit behind closed doors. Drawing pictures of ballet dancers in pink . Crumpled piles of discards about my feet. I’m reminded of cherry blossoms in spring. They dance through the cobwebs in my head and I am outside in spring’s kaleidoscope with no Co-Vid.

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Infused with sunshine

cherry blossoms kiss still waters

sparks of spring

We miss the cherry blossoms they are always so cheerful and so this week I may take a few moments and draw more ballerinas.

Hope all of you are doing well. Not sure how it is for the rest of you but I am actually happy to be home writing and creating. Most of the places where I work in hospice did a close down (which was wise) – anything to prevent a spread. Be well and write!!!

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Loosing Spring #haiku #cherryblossoms

miren naku chiru mo sakura wa sakura kana

without regret
they fall and scatter…
cherry blossoms

~ Issa

tracing pink petals

night’s storm determines spring’s end

I leave my heart

The month’s Utabukuro (poembag) prompt by Kristjaan at Chevrefeuille’s Carpe Diem asks us to take a favorite haiku (or tanka), explain why you chose it, and write a haiku (or tanka) inspired by the first.

I was first introduced (at 8) to Issa and haiku. Though we didn’t have cherry blossoms where I lived, we created cherry trees on paper with india ink and pink tissue paper. Haiku always signified art and cherry blossoms seem to sing/dance haiku as they tease and fly.

Sakura Goodbye #cherryblossoms #haiku #mayday

finger drawn heart
sakura wave last goodbye
one pink petal

April #atozchallenge

No fooling

spring calls cherry blossoms to fly

nature in full bloom

cherry for haiku

Welcome to April and the A to Z challenge. This is my fifth year and every year has different challenges. I hope you can be refreshed by a moment of poetry.

Happy April (“A”)

What does April mean to you?

Visiting these folks today over at the Challenge:

Hilary of Positive Letters	Megan Morgan (WR)
A Rose is a Rose is a Rose @ Shilpa Garg	nashvillecats2poems by yvonne
Fascinating Quest (PO)	Uniquely Maladjusted But Fun (PR)
If I Only Had A Time Machine	Entertaining Interests (PH)
Everything Must Change (WR)	Beyond the Flow (WR)
Keith Kreates	Solveig Werner
Thoughts From a Christian Cowgirl	A Bench with a View
Infinitesimal Thoughts (AC)	Livre It To Me Book Blog (BO)
Steps In Mommyhood	My Life in Retirement
Culinary Delites	Martha Reynolds Writes
Celtic Connexions

The Color of Music #haiku

shaded by blossoms
it is like song in a play
resting on a journey

cherry for haiku

rays burst in music

blossoms lite on sleepy lashes

spring notes are pink

The prompt from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is Shaded by Blossoms

Blossoms from Heaven #haiku #photography

hana ni uzumorete yume yori sugu ni shinan kana

covered with cherry blossoms

if I could die right now
in this dream of mine

Etsujin was a traveling companion and disciple of Basho. At Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, we are celebrating (this month) the work of Basho and those he inspired.