
Orchids

reading
and turning pages
of books
afternoon light
on a clock by the wall
Wisconsin spring
sandhill cranes
in a field of snow
Ellen Grace Olinger
This World: Haiku Society of America 2013 Members’ Anthology, edited by Carolyn Coit Dancy.
Sometimes answers to our prayers arrive in the same way as Spring. One day we hear a new bird song, another day we see an eagle soaring, snow melts, and we look forward to some work in the yard, in the sunshine. Seemingly small things add up to transformation and a new season. God is with us always and He loves us.
reading the Psalms
tiny new leaves
on the ivy houseplant
March 15, 2011 – Poems From Psalms And Nature
bright colors
in winter
abstract art
sometimes
many years
needed to write
a poem
in a few minutes
The remembrance
of sunbright fields . . .
this chilly haymow
Shades of apple jelly –
in each jar the unique savor
of an heirloom tree
Haiku by Carol Purington are from her classic book, Family Farm: Haiku for a Place of Moons (1999, Winfred Press; Colrain, MA). Second Printing 2015.
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Post is reprinted from February 5, 2018 – Haiku Art Site.