HAIKU--A FIRST SHEET

Rising early
I find your offer
of newest jonquils

If I walk near the ocean--
the waves will
drown you out!

My voice sings,
But here, today
birds take flight

Listening to a lecture
I drift and outside
the sun appears

Back country roads
the hush of tires
against snow

crocus push the earth
i respond
by raking

Writing is
spring
all over again!

The white flower drops
to the damp ground
my spirit lifts with it

Torrents of rain
my mournful cat
stares into the yard

Into the blue and velvet night
resound the peepers--
my endless regrets.

 

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