bleeding hearts
have now come and gone
memories linger
Pat
6/03/21
Linking to Tanka Tuesday over at Colleens, where it’s Poets Choice. To join in go here
https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/06/01/tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-228-poetschoice/
Pat
5/04/21
Flower of the Day FOTD
It is especially windy today, and a bit cold. It feels like a leftover winter day. The pear tree is up in arms. Limbs are being tossed about and there are blossoms everywhere. They are on the car, the steps, the yard next door, the sidewalk and the short japanese maple. It was weird seeing falling blossoms perch on the maple’s leaves, if only for a moment.
The toddler next door is in his front yard with his grandmother. I pause to watch him from the porch as I wave hello to the grandmother. Why are they even outside on a day like this, I wonder. Cabin fever perhaps.
He is fascinated and is trying to catch blossoms in midair. Of course, he never really catches any. Yet, at the present moment, he is very much in the present and there is fun to be had.
spring wind cuts a path
carpet of pear blossoms with
vanishing footprints..
Pat
4/26/21
For dVerse Poets Pub where Frank is hosting and the prompt is… ” the present moment”. To join in or just read go here
under this bright afternoon sun
spring no longer slumbers
birds mass near blooms, they sound undone
playful, loud no hummers!
Pat
4/08/21
For Eugi’s prompt where the prompt word is “playful”. To participate or to just read go here
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For Flower of the Day over at Cee’s Blog. To see other entries and to participate go here
Taken 4/28/19
I have been trying to find time to visit the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. I am particularly interested in seeing what is happening to the cherry tree canopy at the Cherry Esplanade.
Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to. But from what I have been seeing here and there in the neighborhood, cherry blossoms are still in their early stages.
The magnolia tree up the block seems to be farther along.
canopy undressed
blooms still in talks with nature
cherry blossom tales
Pat
4/02/21
For Eugi’s Blog where the prompt is “Canopy”. To see other entries go here
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For dVersePoets Pub where Frank Tassone is hosting Haibun Monday. He asks us to write about “cherry Blossoms”.
To see other entries go here.
spring breeze
revealing itself
in the fine tremors
of the pear blossoms
playful shadow
cast by a butterfly in flight
under the noon day sun
these moments in time I reach for
when my stomach is in knots
by events out of my control
Pat
3/26/21
For dVerse Poets Pub for quadrille night being hosted by Mish
https://dversepoets.com/2021/03/22/quadrille-124/
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For Cees Flower of The Day challenge #FOTD
https://ceenphotography.com/2021/03/25/fotd-march-26-daffodil/
in a slow reveal
the promise of spring is closer to being realized
branches stand clad in nubs soon to be buds
sparrows and starlings cling to fine branches like leaves that ought to be
time stands ready this season on this trip around the sun
will you be here to welcome the delicate white blooms of the pear tree?
will they enjoy the gentle flicker
in the spring breeze without your fleeting gaze?
it is a slow reveal
Pat
2/25/21
For dVerse Poets Pub where the focus is on “Turns” in a poem
Took this on my walk on Jan18.. thought it was being premature, but after googling it I see it wasn’t.
Pat
2/4/21
For Wordless Wednesday & Cees Flower if the Day #FOTD.
on this day
cloaked in winter gray
heather blooms
Pat R
1/13/21
in the tall grass
the start of feathery plumes –
new sign of autumn
Pat R
9/21/20
For Frank Tassone’s Weekly Haiku Challenge where the prompt is to write a haiku with reference to
autumn-spring-equinox-shunbun
To read entries or to participate go here
