the sharp pop
of cooling lids
prickly pear jam

 

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Issue 19.2 | 26 September 2019

6 Responses

  1. Alan Summers Says:
    September 26th, 2019 at 1:35 pm

    I love sound placed within haiku!

    the sharp pop
    of cooling lids
    prickly pear jam

    —LESLEY ANNE SWANSON

    I've heard of Prickly Pear, but not as jam, fascinating!

    And you've caught that special sound of a lid being operated so well!!!

    Love every word!

    Here's one of my own, with a pop! :-)

    Guelder-rose…
    the universe pops
    from a jam jar

    Alan Summers
    Troutswirl – The Haiku Foundation:
    A Sense of Place: MEADOW/FIELD – smell
    ed. KJMunro (October 2018)

  2. magyar Says:
    September 26th, 2019 at 6:12 pm

    __ 'Tis grand, when thought work such as yours Lesley Anne, creates and energizes other timely thoughts. The cranberrys' tartness… under the pop of that canning jar's lid._m

    reddened cranberrys
    now afloat to their harvest
    wild turkeys watch

  3. Neena Singh Says:
    September 26th, 2019 at 11:36 pm

    Such brevity and yet the visual and sound effects so lucid! Awesome haiku!

  4. Jim Ellis Says:
    September 27th, 2019 at 2:00 am

    A synesthetic pun. In a haiku!
    Pretty darned sharp!
    Wonderful poem, Lesley Anne.
    – Jim Ellis/Auburn NY

  5. Lesley Says:
    September 27th, 2019 at 9:59 am

    Thanks to all of you, for the feedback!

  6. martin1223 Says:
    October 11th, 2019 at 7:12 am

    autumn wind
    leaving its song behind
    mourning dove

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