P***y Willow

soft, furry buds

stretching to the Sun

the catkins

adorn early spring

Author's Note

photo by Brad Harrison


lune haiku, 5-3-5

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Good description of the p***y willow. Nature give us good gifts for the eyes to see.
Coyote

[Angi]

This is beautifully done, John. I have written only two haiku in my life. (koi pond and early peaches) They are hard with 17 syllables. Now I see a lune haiku? (why have I never heard of this?!) Cut it down 4 more?! Gaaa!

[John Jackson (El Juero)]

You can do it, Angi! Think of a Bonsai Tree.

[Stacey Watts]

This is very beautifully written. I homeschool my son and today we just talked about catkins. We do not get much chance to see them here in Texas. We shared your haiku and both enjoyed it.

[quinfinn]

paints a vivid photograph, very nicely orchestrated imagery!!! nice...

[Mockingbird]

this is a very pretty haiku. i picture the sun shining down on the catkins as they reach up toward the sun and bask in the warmth..

[Leslie Philibert]

Good, well written poem, every word faultlessly chosen and placed, haikus are a genre that seem to be easy, but are very difficult to write.Good work.

[emmajoy]

'Love p***y willow, is Easter and Spring and all things new! A beautiful lune haiku and a new lesson of what that means, thank you John for sharing.

Lovely pic too

[?]

Ya know..I hate to say this, but I have never seen a P***y Willow...(kinda scary name) lol I have heard mention, just never seen...I might have seen them out in the pasture and just didnt know it...lol
Beautiful Spring Haiku

[J. J. Nightingale]

So much beauty .. in so few words ...

A beautiful photo too ! .. Jasmine

[Marie]

Very good form of haiku---a wonderful spring poem.