MY SPRING HAIKU
POSTED ON THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
AT BRADFORD SERVER FOR NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

National Poetry Month

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Newman, Carol A	8:56 AM (11 hours ago)
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From Helen Ruggieri’s book Butterflies Under a Japanese Moon

 

Haikus for Spring

 

First light

Broken blue shells

Under the maple

 

Red tractor

Slips out from under

Melting snow

 

On the way south

A flowery fragrance

In the air

 

Spring is

Already in the air—

The dog barks at it

 

Rain   rain

                Rainrainrain

Rainrainrainrainrainrainrain

Mudluscious

 

Sunlight

Fills the cup

I drink it up

 

Baby robins

In their nest under the eaves

Demanding breakfast

 

Yellow finches

In time with the

Lemon lilies

 

I can’t hear you

The forsythia

Is shouting

 

Under the moon

Fallen apple blossoms

Look like snow