almost spring
swinging my cane
to a new beat
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Adelaide B. Shaw
Adelaide Shaw lives in Somers, NY. She has been creating Japanese poetic forms?haiku, haibun, tanka and photo haiga?for nearly 50 years and has been published widely. Her collection of haiku, An Unknown Road, won third place in the Haiku Society of America?s Merit Book Award in 2009. Her second book of haiku, The Distance I?ve Come, is available on Cyberwit.com and Amazon. Adelaide also writes fiction and has been published in several journals. Some of her published Japanese short form poetry are posted on her blog: www.adelaide-whitepetals.blogspot.com View all posts by Adelaide B. Shaw
So up“beat”. Thank you! Perhaps it is the word swinging, and the season being spring – this haiku made me feel happy. It feels good to feel happy in these dire times.
I do love your “new beat”, Adelaide!
Absolutely lovely ku, Adelaide
Lovely poem. Positivity is one of the secrets to living a fulfilled life, no doubt.
What a wonderful poem for a Monday morning in the time of Covid. Thanks, Adelaide &
tiny words.
Thank you, Adelaide! Really wonderful!
A real mood lifter. Thanks, Adelaide.
Here's an oldie that shares a first line with yours:
almost spring
she invites me in
to her selfie
White Petals; born into this season; now is new.
__ Grand, Adelaide: a new beat in each and every day, this charm of your thought. _m
window sill
spring moonlight gathers
on the dust
The one who knows how to swing the cane will always be Spring! A joyous ku!
Lovely, thank you!