traffic hum
honey bees nesting
in an old pine
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Leanne Mumford
Leanne Mumford is an Australian writer and photographer. A keen traveller, Leanne’s haiku often reveal a strong sense of place. Since 2012 her haiku, plus haiga and haibun, have appeared in various Australian and international journals and anthologies. Her haiku ‘wind song’ won a Touchstone Award for Individual Poems 2019. Leanne is a founding member of the online Inkstone Poetry Forum. In 2022 she joined the Australian Haiku Society’s Executive Committee. Leanne is a co-founder of the Haiku Down Under conference, first held in October 2022, with the second to be take place in August 2024. View all posts by Leanne Mumford
So many of them, honey bees spread everywhere, in all directions. However as you go close to the nest that is on an old pine you realize and understand that all honey bees have got there route to one destination and that is the nest on an old pine.
This is beautiful in so many ways. It brings the imagination to its own nest in that old pine. Bill Kenney
Good to see you.
unexpected guests
at the mountain cabin—
yellow jackets at home in the walls
Alexa Selph
Love it, Leanne!
marion
Love the juxtaposed hums, Leanne!
I like how the 'traffic hum' could refer to either the bees or the passing cars — or perhaps both! You and I share a similar glimpse, Leanne.
distant traffic . . .
in the gumtree a beehive
hums
(Kokako 19, September 2013)
Jan Dobb