Danish Crocuses: A SenHai

Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.

Haiku

Purple petals split….
saffron threads catch the cold light,
spring refuses winter

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Senryu

Garden bed so packed
not one flower has room to
mind its own business

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Nancy’s Notes: Besides crocuses (and flowers in general), Odense, Denmark is most well known as the home of legendary fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen.

This is “Her I Odense” (“Here In Odense”) by Kim Larsen & Kjukken

This is “Thumbelina” by Danny Kaye from the film, Hans Christian Andersen

SenHai Saturday #62

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