The Lighter Side of JzB

Here you will find photos, poetry, and possibly some light-hearted foolishness. For the Heavier Side
of JzB see my other blog, Retirement Blues. (There be dragons!)

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Every day visits*
From Moose, Goose, and Orb Weaver
All seized by Haiku

"Why moose and goose?" you may ask. Back on 2/04/13 Pirate wrote a haiku with an elk in it, and I responded with
one with a moose and then included him every day. A few days later in comments Mystic asked "Where's the goose?"
So I started including her with this post on 2/07. A week later on the 14th, Mark Readfern
asked for and received a spider. The rest is history.

*Well, most days, anyway. Grant me a bit of poetic license.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Carpe Diem #97 -- Crocus

CROCUS
Crocuses in my yard - March 2009


I wrote the first two haiku in 2009 when I first posted this picture.  
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My wife's mother is now near the end of her life -
Which has me thinking about mortality



One purple crocus
Aloof from all his cousins.
We blame the squirrels.
 
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In late afternoon
Long shadows linger over
Spring's first crocuses
 
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A fragile flower
Impatient in early Spring
Lives fast and dies young
 
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Early Spring bloomer
 First bright flower to emerge
Alas - then it croaks
 
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Can the crocus be
A metaphor for humans
Quickly loved then gone
 
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14 comments:

  1. LollyJanuary 15, 2013 at 8:11 PM

    "we blame the squirrels" Awesome!

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  2. Gemma WisemanJanuary 15, 2013 at 9:11 PM

    I found the line "lives fast and dies young" so very poignant! Lovely haiku!

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  3. WabiSabiJanuary 15, 2013 at 9:44 PM

    These went straight to my heart. Crocuses always remind me of dying young too. I wrote about it.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2013 at 10:08 PM

    Quickly loved then gone
    .... quite brilliant and haunting..

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013 at 1:10 AM

    Wonderful, many great lines to ponder. Thank you :)

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013 at 2:50 AM

    Hey JzB,

    Man you are good there with the last one.... a thought planted deeply in my head... now I shall ponder... Great choice of words.

    http://unshakenthoughts.com/2013/01/16/purple-fingertips/

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  7. ChèvrefeuilleJanuary 16, 2013 at 3:12 AM

    What an nice series of haiku on crocus JzB. Every one of them a little gem. Life is short, in your last haiku you have said it really nice, but my favorite is the second one. That, my friend, could have been written by one of our classical haiku masters.
    Thank you for sharing these gems on Carpe Diem.

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013 at 5:21 AM

    all of then wonderful !

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  9. JazzbumpaJanuary 16, 2013 at 9:54 AM

    Thanks, friends.

    Your kind words make my day.

    Cheers!
    JzB

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013 at 12:39 PM

    My favourite set of your haiku I have read so far. Makes one stop for a while and think... Ese

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  11. joanneJanuary 16, 2013 at 1:39 PM

    i like the different direction each wonderful haiku takes....and love your sense of humor

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  12. brudbergJanuary 16, 2013 at 2:33 PM

    Wonderful. Live fast die young is excellent.

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  13. carol l mckennaJanuary 16, 2013 at 2:40 PM

    Wonderful haiku eluding to the fragility of life on this planet. well done!

    (A Creative Harbor) ^_^

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  14. UnknownJanuary 17, 2013 at 8:32 AM

    Oh the squirrels!

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