branches fracture sun
in spilling apple blossoms
the valley awakes
branches fracture sun
awash with shiny spangles
early morning dew
in spilling apple blossoms
a bumblebee cavorts
with pollen’s sweetness
the valley awakes
a flood of pastel petals
welcoming the day
branches fracture sun
they finger-paint the dawn sky
with smudges of cloud
awash with shiny spangles
trees are dressed in their finest
ribbons of rainbows
early morning dew
nature’s nectar soaks the earth
rejuvenation
in spilling apple blossoms
a fresh fragrance is released
with each bursting bud
a bumblebee cavorts
a buzz of happy humming
flower to flower
with pollen’s sweetness
the newborn world seems sticky
a honeyed rising
the valley awakes
to a chorus of birdsong
flocking dreams disperse
a flood of pastel petals
drifts against the window
belated snowfall
welcoming the day
scented steam from my tea cup
a breath of fresh air
Kim M. Russell, 13th January 2019
My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #67 Troiku Hineri: Apple Blossoms, also linked to Poets United Poetry Pantry
In this weekend’s meditation we are leaving the Pan American Highway. Our challenge is to choose from four given haiku and create not only a fusion-ku but also a troiku hineri from the fusion-ku – a troiku with a twist:
We have to create nine new haiku with the separated lines of our first three haiku of the regular troika, which makes twelve new haiku as well as the fusion-ku!
The four haiku we can choose from are all by Jane Reichhold and taken from her online Saijiki A Dictionary of Haiku, Spring section:
light carried in my arms
apple blossoms from a neighbor
on my doorstep
clusters talking
together in admiration
apple blossoms
sun transformed
into apple blossoms
the ground is level
the dam is broken
spring cascades into valleys
as apple blossoms
Jane Reichhold (1937-2016)
I chose the last two. Tricky but satisfying when completed.
writing in north norfolk 
Very tricky but extremely lovely. LOL, I don ‘t know what I think of all this complicating such a simple form but your’s works well.
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I can manage the fusion-ku, the troiku isn’t too bad but this was very tricky. I’m so pleased that you like it, Toni.
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Oh I so look forward to apple blossoms. How beautifully they can welcome the day. How beautifully you have written this poem!
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Thank you, Mary!
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How lovely to read of springtime in the depths of winter!
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Thank you!
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So wonderful with its gorgeous imagery. I especially love the honeyed rising. Today was like a spring day on the Coast….had to take off my jacket it was so warm.
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Thank you, Sherry. I’m still wearing my comfy cardigan!
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SWEET!
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Thanks! 🙂
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I enjoyed the writing and that gorgeous photo.
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Thank you, Vicki.
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Wonderful. I love your first line – “branches fracture sun”
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Thank you!
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Beautiful indeed ! Apple blossoms. 😔 sigh!
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Thank you!
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You have created something very beautiful in its own right.
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Thank you, Rosemary.
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That fractured sun is a captivating image.
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Thank you, Rajani.
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A delightful read! Thought of spring as I read & then found snowfall as well. Smiles. We don’t see apple blossoms where we stay but I had seen them in Kashmir.
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Thank you, Sumana! It seems as if we will be experiencing blossom and snowfall together again this year.
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Very nice done! Lovely !
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Thank you!
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Excellent response Kim. You have done a wonderful job on this Troiku Hineri. You have created a short story caught in twelve wonderful haiku. Chapeau!
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Thank you so much, Kristjaan!
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