The following five haiku/senryū were included in my submission to Pure Haiku for the most recent theme, Emergence. The fourth and fifth appeared at Pure Haiku on March 7th and April 16th. My thanks go to Freya Pickard for featuring these.
Emergence
true spirit revealed
a nature too long hidden
gender acceptance
chrysalis of green
parting as beauty unfolds
regal orange and black
long wait is over
nurtured in a mother’s warmth
a child’s eyes open
after long nights’ sleep
bear wakes in darkness of den
hungry for daylight
consideration
neurons fire, thoughts coalesce
realization
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All splendid – #3 particularly tugs at my heart, Mother’s Day approaching. The waking bear runs a close second! Thanks for sharing the collective as such.
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Thank you, Jazz.
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I like the tenderness of that one, too.
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Thank you, Merril. Between my granddaughter and my sister’s grandchildren, there has been a cloudburst of babies in the past 3 years – 6 in total. I think that Facebook photos of babies and toddlers put me in the mood for that one.
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Awww–good things in life, for sure.
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Thanks, Jazz. #3 is my favorite, as well.
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Wonderful. I love writing Haikus too
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Thank you. They can be very satisfying.
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They really are. I think I am addicted to them lol
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These are all beautiful my friend. I’m now learning the mystery of the HAIKU. 🌹
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😀 Thank you.
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You’re welcome 😊
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I see I’m in good company…immediately drawn to the third one. It’s good to read them all together and see the different lights that shine on the theme. (K)
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Thanks, Kerfe.
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Beautifully penned. 🙂
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Thanks! 🙂
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love these! especially the third one. my mother had me raise several monarchs when I was young/ 🙂
spamming you with my poem on the chrysalis. hehe
https://lonagynt.wordpress.com/2018/11/09/btt-12-2-stages-of-life/
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Thank you. I slipped up when pasting them into this post. When I wrote these I had them in sequence as 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, thinking of that as chronological.
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Which is the right way, the intention or the slip?
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I’d say the intention. I wrote them in that order and it felt like a progression. The concept of the first one here occurred to me, so I wrote towards it, and it was fleshed out at the end.
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