24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 28, 4/2/24, Part I, Clear and Bright (April 4 – 18) Seimei 清明24
It’s Colleen’s birthday this month on the 18th, happy birthday Colleen and everyone who has a birthday this month… Like my eldest grandson who will be 10yrs old on the 10th. My first Haiku is about him.
My second poem is a Tanka about my struggle to cope with lack of sleep made worse by British Summer time messing with my head. My Kigo words are cherry blossom, Dawn chorus encompassing the birds mentioned in our Kigo list and Gaia’s paint brush refering to all the spring flowers.l
Eyes bright with delight
Chocolate and birthday soon
Cherry blossom flies.
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As sleep evades me
Counting the hours until
The dawn chorus starts
Gaia turns at her own pace
Her paint brush at the ready.
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