Welcome to Poetry Friday. This week we are hosted by Heidi Mordhorst, Here. Thank you, Heidi, for hosting!
I’ve managed to write an haiku each day on Facebook most inspired by photos. Here’s a few more.
April in Beijing
green leaves brighten cities--
spring crosses borders.
POETRY PARTY
Calla Lilly bloom
starched and impeccably dressed--
the first to arrive.
USED MEDICINALLY BY POET HORACE
Tree Mallow nectar
will lubricate your windpipe--
ancient health advice
mushrooms in pine mulch
glow white, silent and still
as they recycle.
WHY CLOUDS APPEAR WHITE
Water in droplets
scatters wavelengths equally
hiding Roy G. Biv
STROLL BY THE WATER?
Syracuse, New York
Erie Canal ran through it
before trains and cars.
I hope everyone is enjoying the celebration of poetry this April. Have a great weekend.
Hi Janice, I love the bits of science you’ve included in your poems, like “WHY CLOUDS APPEAR WHITE”. And, I love the photos, too. Happy writing!
I love learning from your haiku, Janice. I never knew Syracuse had the Erie Canal running through it! Fascinating. 🙂
So much goodness in all of these, Janice. I especially like the phrase “spring crosses borders.” Thank you!
Janice, MOST enjoyable! You’re covering a lot of ground, and I might like the first one best–“spring crosses borders”.
Great diversity of subjects! Impeccably dressed lilies and watery cities. (I am familiar with mallow roots being demulcents, but nectar is new to me. Learning every day!)
Janice: These haiku are so fun… I especially loved Roy G. Biv! I hope to get a post together by next week. I’ve written a couple of haiku also. We shall see… Karen
Actually, I forgot to mention calla lily, starched and impeccably dressed. Yes!!!
I’m impressed by your haiku commitment. And inspired! Each one is a just right description of the photo.
ooooh! How wonderful. I especially love the haiku about Syracuse. I’ll bet you’ve got a good collection of poetry about this city by now? Beijing in April has a special place in my heart. You’ve captured it beautifully.
Wonderful! I love those calla lily’s in their starched clothes.
Janice, I just love your calla lily “starched and impeccably dressed” 🙂
Janice, your haiku project is delivering a diverse array of subjects upon which to focus your writing. What a wonderful collection you will have created by month’s end. I particularly liked the impeccably dressed lily…
Janice, I think your haiku collection is marvelous. Thanks for the Syracuse photo and haiku. I have been looking for a photo of Syracuse when the Erie Canal was running ran down the main street. Will you offer an image poem for my Poetry Parade Padlet / Gallery?
Janice, so many fun poems this week. Wow! I so love “starched and impeccably dressed–” for that Calla Lily at the “Poetry Party” Oh my, you captured that perfectly.
I love your haiku, Janice. I especially like the line
spring crosses borders
and the impeccably dressed lily as well as the idea of mushrooms recycling.