My haibun in response to Carpe Diem Special #207 Sara McNulty’s third “taste of nature” The trellis is already straining under a mass of tangled honeysuckle bines, dotted with pink buds and one or two early flowers. This particular plant blooms twice: once in spring and again in the summer. It grows beside a mature […]
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Our garden is wild…
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille – a haibun inspired by the following haiku: what a mystery leaves falling year after year without mourning © Chèvrefeuille Our garden is wild. Nothing is manicured or tamed, maybe trimmed sometimes to allow sunshine and a view. Its inhabitants are trees and shrubs, some of which […]
Lost for Words
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Haibun Monday #11: Reach Out Five years ago, I could still call Mum on the telephone and have a conversation. She knew my name. Told me she loved me. Shared a joke or two. I’d go down and help out when Dad was in hospital and I’d introduce her to […]