lavender
even the old stems
fragrant

 

 

 

(Shiki Monthly Kukai, 3rd place, April 2008)

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Jill Lange

Jill Lange has had a lifetime love affair with the natural world. She remains grateful for crayons--her first medium for expressing her interest in wild things. She makes time to visit her favorite wild places and continues to share her sense of wonder, more often painting with words.

6 thoughts on “”

  1. Jill, your warm thought, proded my imagination.
    __ My positively envisioned parallel: Even I, an "old stem," have something left to offer. Smiles_!
    _m

  2. Intentionally or unintentionally haiku can certain pivot as a metaphor, making this poem wonderfully calming and affirming.

    warm regards,
    Alan
    President, United Haiku and Tanka Society
    co-founder, Call of the Page

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