Spring Is On The Way!!!

And a Happy and Lucky St. Paddy’s Day too!

A Tanka Moment: Spring Thaw

This is a poem from the archives and my first attempt at Tanka poetry. 

I hope you enjoy it for the first time, or perhaps, once again! 😉

It has definitely “thawed” here in BC, only a bit of snow left up on the higher mountains. Everything else is starting to bloom! 🙂

How is your weather? 

You can read more about Tanka poetry here.

Have a Wonderful Weekend! 🙂

Haiku Reflections: The Promise of Spring

Not much color here yet, in Interior BC, just a lot of greys and browns to look at. 😦

Thought this haiku and “pop” of color  from my photo files would make for a nice change today.  

How are things where you are? Any buds, plants, flowers in bloom yet?

Wishing You a Wonderful Week! 🙂

A Haiku/Haiga Trio for Spring

It’s not quite here yet but spring is certainly on my mind.

And on the minds of a lot of bloggers, from what I’ve been reading. 😉

Hope you enjoy this trio of encore haiga posts from the MPP archives.

Any signs of spring where you are?

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A Nod and a Wink to Early Spring

It’s coming.

The quickening pace.

Fragrance of the still frozen, yet warming soil.

The underground network of…

Vines, forgotten seeds and satiny bulbs: wait.

Wait, for the soft touch of the Sun-fairy’s magic wand.

Shifts everywhere.

The horizon, the sun.

Birds return.

Water rises.

Animals venture out.

Earth awakens slowly. 

The promise: again renewed.

Life sustained.

As we wait for and anticipate.

The joyful arrival of spring.

  

GHH 2011/revised 2014

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PS: Having a browse around my archives this morning and found this spring poem and photo.

Can you tell I’ve got spring on my mind, in a big way. 😉

Also did a bit of revising. Hope you enjoy this new version! 

Have a wonderful day. 🙂

Haiku Reflections: Snow Melts, Reveals Spring

Spring comes early, here in BC Canada.

And this year, I can’t wait! 🙂

Unlike where I grew up on the Prairies, where it’s not unusual to have snow, well into May.

I’ve had spring on my mind a lot these days. It’s been so grey and dreary lately. 😦

But thoughts of sunshine and color, keep me looking forward; if only in my thoughts and dreams.

This haiku from my first haiku book: Haiku Reflections: The Four Seasons, came to mind recently too.

It also gave me a little mood-boost! I hope it does the same for you too! 🙂

Happy (and hopefully, early) Spring! 

Haiku Reflections: Sunny Days!

Created for the  Woven Dreams prompt (April 21st):  Sunny Days. 

Bring on the sunshine, in all senses of the word ! 🙂

Haiku Reflections: Spring Rain and Warm Winds

This haiku and photo came to mind today as the weather continues to be warm and sunny, here in BC. 

Spring’s wondrous evolution…love it!

I hope you enjoy this encore from the archives and that Spring is arriving in full force, where you are too.

Enough with that snow in the East brrrr… 😦

Happy Week! 🙂

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PS: Speaking of all things Spring, I have a new Spring contest starting this week over at My Real Life Reviews.

You can read about it here.