In lockdown, bright sunny days are lures to resist.
The flush of spring was without fanfare, the blooms are on their own
No leisurely stroll under cherry blossoms this spring. Nature tips the scale.
a new moon
the earth feels tilted
up is down
Pat R
4/20/20
For Frank Tassone Haikai Challenge where the prompt is New Moon
&
dVerse Poets Pub where Mish is hosting Quadrille Monday (a 44 word poem) invented by dVerse. The prompt word this week us “Flush”. You can do some reading of join in here
thoughts and entanglements 
I was very much looking forward to a cherry orchard stroll this spring. It is sadness that nature has denied us what we’ve arrogantly taken for granted so long. Your haiku says it all.
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You’re right. We do take so much for granted. No worries though, the universe always find a way to bring this to our attention. The rub is, will we learn anything from this.
Pay
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You’ve summed up the situation so beautifully, Pat. Sunny days are hard to resist and I think I’m the only person to appreciate the hedgerows around our local football pitch, where I had been walking before I got shingles. Thankfully, I can still go into our garden and appreciate the various blossoms. Tilted is the perfect word to describe the world at the moment.
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Thank you Kim. The problem still with sunny days around here is that they’re still colder than I’d like. So I go out into the garden with big plans then I’m soon in retreat, to watch from the door😊. Sorry to hear about the shingles, hope it goes on back into hiding soon. Feel better😊.
Pat
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Nice point: “the blooms are on their own” I hope they miss us.
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Me too😊
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The haiku sums it up well. Our world is tilted and we are trying to hold on. (K)
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…and hold on we must, will see how we come out the other end.
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Perfect haiku for the situation. We have a large tree right behind our balcony. It’s my spring bling. It is getting greener and fuller every day.
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Thank you. Sounds like you have a spring retreat going there. Nice😊.
Pat
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #1 (4/21/20): Pat R’s latest #quadrille #haibun for #dversepoets #QuadrilleMonday and my own #haikai challenge!
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Thanks for the reblog Frank.
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Up is indeed down in the midst of the present situation. Our patience grows tested with all this upside-down world.
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Truly it does. But I try to be logical.
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I have seen more spring than ever… walking in the neighborhood when working from home. I am privileged.
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That you are😊
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You’ve said this RIGHT!!
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Thank you Rhen😊
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I think you’ve captured the feeling very well. The lure of the sun is tempting for some but I hope they keep holding the line so we can get through this. Thank goodness for walks, although the world does feel a little “tilted” as we walk way around others on our path.
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That walking way around others is the weirdest feeling. Sorta hammers it all home every time.
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Your senryū is the perfect conclusion for this.
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Thank you, glad it worked out.
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Yes, up seems down. Even as this side of the world greens and blooms.
There is so much that is different from last spring…
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