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.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Carpe Diem Imagination #4, Weeping Cherry

Today, Krisjaan inspires us with a picture
Weeping Cherry


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pink blossom cascade
trunk all in gnarly knots
weeping cherry

~ 2 ~

from the drooping branches
a windborn sweep of petals
shower of pink tears

~ 3 ~

ask not
for whom the cherry weeps
it weeps for thee

~ 4 ~

moose and goose pause
beneath the weeping cherry
exchange knowing looks

~ 5 ~

old man pauses
beneath the weeping cherry
sheds a silent tear

~ 6 ~

in drooping branches
spider spins her lethal trap
she weeps for no one
 
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Carpe Diem Imagination #4

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8 comments:

  1. joanneMarch 22, 2013 at 10:22 PM

    I too feel like crying when my trunk get gnarly and my branches droop...

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  2. JazzbumpaMarch 22, 2013 at 10:33 PM

    joanne -

    I had never thought of it that way.

    But I do understand your point.

    Cheers!
    JzB

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  3. WabiSabiMarch 22, 2013 at 10:42 PM

    Oh my! Moose and Goose are at it again! More power to them!!

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  4. AnonymousMarch 22, 2013 at 11:11 PM

    Love the first, but as always you've served up a smorgasbord of delights :)

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  5. MarkMarch 23, 2013 at 6:01 AM

    Oh, I'm sure Spider weeps for herself when she finds her lethal trap empty!

    Hazy Way Haiku

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  6. UnknownMarch 23, 2013 at 9:17 AM

    each and every one of your haiku are so amazing! I really coudn't choose one over the other! I think this is my favorite set from all I've read on your blog! Such intensity from normality... LOVED them!

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  7. brudbergMarch 23, 2013 at 1:15 PM

    Wonderful to think the cherry tree weeps for me... But I need a cheery tree...

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  8. Mariya KolevaMarch 24, 2013 at 9:06 AM

    Beautiful weave of a haiku-web! I ejnoyed each and every one of these pearls.

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Play nice, and we'll all have fun.

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Cheers!
JzB

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