canning day
apple peels quilt
the table top
Published by
Jan Benson
-Jan Benson is a Pushcart Prize nominated haiku poet living in Fort Worth, Texas. Jan is in translated in seven foreign languages. Her haiku are published in many of the world's leading haiku journals and magazines, as well as regionally in general form poetry magazines. In the last year, Ms. Benson found honor in adjudicating a regional haiku contest, and featured as a haiku poet in Austin, Texas. In 2016, she presented a haiku clinic at WacoWordfest. Jan is a member of The British Haiku Society and Poetry Society of Texas -Awards and Other Honors: Pushcart Nomination by Dos Gatos Press (2014); Highly Commended honor in the 2018 Iris International Contest (Gourd); First Prize, International Division, The Italian Matsuo Basho Awards, 4th Edition (2016); Third Place, OHANAMI, 2nd International Haiku Contest "Cherry Blossom" (2016); Honorable Mention, USA, The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Contest (2016). Benson is honored to appear in the 2016 Red Moon Press Anthology, "dust devils". --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Examples of her work can be found on the following registries: The Living Sentryu Anthology: http://senryu.life/poets-index/80-index-b/benson,-jan.html --- --- --- The Haiku Foundation Poet Registry: https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/poet-details/?IDclient=1980 View all posts by Jan Benson
LOVELY. THANK YOU.
Thanks, harrisfr —
Your haiku triggered a memory for me , only my aunts and I were canning cooking pears in light syrup with spearmint leaves. Thank you for your haiku so truthful and imaginative. Emma
Thanks Ms Pierson: My Grandmother Lela grew her own fruits and veggies and preserved them for winter — Glad we share strong memories of "canning day"
Wonderful haiku.
Thanx, Ms Olinger
Beautiful!
Thank you Peggy — I have a sister and a cousin (both in Ohio) named Peggy (Not Margaret)
Creates a memory and nostalgia of a time when people treasured their resources be it preserving apples or using scraps of extra cloth. I could just see my grandmother busy in her kitchen.
Thanks Susan — you get the "nostalgia and comfort" in the quilting and the canning.
This was nicely written. I just got into writing stories and poems myself and found this process very inspiring. Thanks for the nice inspiration.