
Blooms
Withered
Growing old
Stems now fragile
Petals paper thin
Heads beginning to droop
Yet their sweet fragrance wafts
The room fills with their pleasant scent
And my eyes only see their beauty
Reverse Nonet

Blooms
Withered
Growing old
Stems now fragile
Petals paper thin
Heads beginning to droop
Yet their sweet fragrance wafts
The room fills with their pleasant scent
And my eyes only see their beauty
Reverse Nonet

Heads held high
Facing the elements
The trumpeters
Narcissists
Endure cold, snow, wind, rain
Marching into Spring
Shadorma

Walking down the street
Daffodils strewn all about
Flowers at my feet
Happenstance recipient
Of Random Act of Kindness
Tanka
Today as I was walking downtown in search of a restaurant, my eyes beheld a strange sight. I was passing by an old abandoned theatre and there, in the entrance way were scattered 5 fresh, bright golden daffodils, just waiting for a leading lady to pick up. How fortuitous for me!

Spring hopes vanish
Morning snowflakes falling
Daffodils snow dance
Haiku
Haiku Horizons Weekly Challenge Week#208 Prompt: Vanish
Our Pacific Northwest has been enjoying an unseasonably mild February this year causing flowers to bloom early and folks to feel as though Spring has come. However this morning Winter decided to let us all know that it was still hanging around by sending us a flurry of big heavy wet snowflakes. causing our lovely early bloomers to get covered in white. Thankfully the snow didn’t last long and the sun came out to melt it all away.

Kindness is a flower
That blooms in a giving heart
It’s fragrance spreads
Reaching people far and wide
Bringing joy and hope to life
Tanka

The Sprouts of Spring, what joy they bring!
Monoku
June you bring such beauty
Time quickly steals
Haiku