welcome raindrops fall
midsummer rain brings relief
dusty sparrows bathe
Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #38: midsummer rain
Image source: Wikimedia Commons (edited here)
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Gorgeous!
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Thank you!
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I’ve felt like this sparrow (though not this spring/summer, we are maybe in the situation of getting too much rain and we’re getting cranky for that reason!). Sparrows are so small and yet so much of a presence, it should surprise me that we notice them so much but it doesn’t, if you know what I mean. Very vivid image I got here from this poem.
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Thank you.
I have a fair variety of birds in my backyard, but when I see something small I’m wondering, “What is that?! Oh yeah, a sparrow!”
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A good on Ken, Love the dusty sparrow bathing!
Dwight
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Thanks, Dwight.
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I’m with the others. The dusty sparrow bathing is such a vivid image.
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Thank you, Merril. I wanted that turn that you have in haiku, and I was stumped. And then it came to me!
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Yes it did! 🙂
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #10: Ken’s latest haiku is the first for my latest #haikai challenge!
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indeed a welcome refreshment (K)
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😀
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I enjoyed this haiku, Ken.
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Thank you, Robbie.
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I have seen this, very interesting to watch. How can a bird such fun in a puddle….way to adapt to a situation I suppose. Nice write.
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little sparrow plays
grounded brown feathers flutter
water bath bests dust
©J/h
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🙂
water droplets fly
glistening in waking sun
gift of parting clouds
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present work rounds call;
could I but play all the day
in nature’s’ bounty
©J/h
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