Lesley Anne Swanson strives to write musically, using words and images that linger, especially when read aloud. In 2016 her work was honored with the top award of the Japan Tanka Poets Society.
She lives in eastern Pennsylvania.
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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)
__ '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
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)
__ '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
Such brevity and yet the visual and sound effects so lucid! Awesome haiku!
A synesthetic pun. In a haiku!
Pretty darned sharp!
Wonderful poem, Lesley Anne.
– Jim Ellis/Auburn NY
Thanks to all of you, for the feedback!
autumn wind
leaving its song behind
mourning dove