Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub
where Jill challenges us to write a
haiku using her image as inspiration.
I’ve gone rogue and used my own image ….
the only orchid I haven’t managed to kill.
I saved Jill’s image for last. Thanks, Jill!
Haiku
soft yellow petals
bathed in morning window light
blooming through the glass
🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞
Senryu
others have perished
yet this mellow yellow one
laughs at my score card
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This is “Mellow Yellow” by Donovan
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Wow! So much beauty this morning – your poems, orchids and Donovan! I am loving it all. Thank you for sharing!
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My great pleasure, Lisa! Thanks for these lovely comments …. so appreciated! 💛
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Nice poem Nancy! I had a laugh at ” I haven’t managed to kill” but it is a beautiful one.
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It’s true, Max! I have two green thumbs …. and about 10 dead orchids!
Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed this one.
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very nice poems! I loved the senryu best of all!
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Thanks CA. The senryu is always fun!
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haha! Which is why I never even try to grow orchids. I can hear them laugh at me as I walk by them in the store…**hey, lady! how’s your green thumb?!**
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Hahaha! Don’t I know it! I hope I didn’t just put the kiss of death on this one by writing about it! I can grow anything but give me an orchid and it’s dead plant walking! 🥀 🪦
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