#Haikai Challenge #80 (4/6/19): cherry [blossoms] (sakura) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Rules:
This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to cherry blossoms (sakura).
As always:
Here’s how the challenge works:
1. write the haikai poem of your choice.
2. post the link of your post to Mister Linky.
3. pingback by posting the link to the challenge on your site.
4. read and comment on other contributors’ posts.
Image on Pixabay – Japanese Cherry Blossoms
Festival of Cherry Blossoms
by Teresa Smeigh March 2019
cherry blossoms last
barely two weeks, gone so fast
waiting for next year
Tessa –
Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses, also a devout Christian
Author – http://www.finallyawriter.com (this blog contains my old work mostly although occasionally I do add something new here), new work is mainly on this blog http://www.tessacandoit.com
Maybe they are a symbol of our life… here today and gone tomorrow! Nicely done!!
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Thanks. I wish they hung around longer, they are so pretty.
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Yes, their blooms are gone too quick.
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And they leave a mess behind that is not so pretty.
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Sometimes nature gets dirty. 🙂
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Yeah same with the forsythia.
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A weed is anything growing where you don’t want it…
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #2: Tessa’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!
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Thank you Frank!
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My pleasure, Tessa! 🙂
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