The Lighter Side of JzB

Here you will find photos, poetry, and possibly some light-hearted foolishness. For the Heavier Side
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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.

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Carpe Diem #667



I wanted to take a stab at the acrostic haiku, using TULIPS as the root word, but couldn't come up with a connecting liaison.   So I put together two [sort of] connected 3/5/3 haiku with the Letters of TULIPS starting each line.  This image that Kristjann posted caught my eye.


tulips hide
under fallen snow
lie in wait

in tulips
people find symbols
so kiss  me


Not very good, I'm afraid.

My experience with tulips in the garden is that they are very fragile and one storm will knock off the petals, leaving at best ragged, battered flowers.    This leaves me with a wabi sabi impression.




delicate tulips
a morning of wind and rain
reduced to bare stems




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  1. JaniceFebruary 12, 2015 at 10:37 PM

    I found the tulips in my yard to stand up good to everything except the hungry squirrels. Love your haikus.

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  2. lynn__February 12, 2015 at 11:56 PM

    Tulips, like your haikus, are both fun and delicate!

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  3. MarkFebruary 13, 2015 at 9:15 AM

    "Reduced" is not always a bad place to be! ;)

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  4. Magical Mystical TeacherFebruary 13, 2015 at 4:17 PM

    I never thought of tulips as lying in wait, but I suppose they could give you a good startle if they popped up when you were walking by.

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    1. JazzbumpaFebruary 13, 2015 at 4:53 PM

      No snow where you live
      So tulips can not hide

      cheers
      jzb

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  5. Bastet's Waka LibraryFebruary 14, 2015 at 2:27 AM

    lovely post ... liked your acrostic and loved the solo with the rain ... nice!

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