Taking Spring’s Pulse (excerpts from A Haiku Year)

12/03/06

blue vase droops red
tulips – they too are tired
of winter dragging on

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20/03/06

Buddha buried to
his clay nipples in snow drifts
vernal equinox

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28/03/06

rushing stream of
melt-water at sidewalk’s edge
perfect for stick races

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18/04/06

red tailed hawks
scour the ditches, worn gaunt
by spring migration

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19/04/06

along the highway
eagles grasp fence posts, intense
eyes count cars

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22/04/06

trumpeter swans back
to mate, drift lazily on the
on the brown dugout

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24/04/06

on southernmost edge
of sun-soaked hedge, one fat
ladybug basking

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26/04/06

the pink buds of peony
push through winter debris
take spring’s pulse

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30/04/06

first supper outside
robin’s lustful aria
a serenade

~ Dymphny Dronyk

Dymphny Dronyk is the new co-editor of blue skies poetry, along with Bob Stallworthy. Find out more about Dymphny, and how to submit your poetry, on the About page.

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