first daffodil
forever
the show-off
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Marion Clarke
Marion Clarke is a poet and visual artist from Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. She has been studying and writing haiku for over a decade and her work features regularly in international journals. Winner of two Sakura awards in the the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Contest, and shortlisted in the Touchstone Awards, Clarke's poetry is included by invitation in two national collections of haiku from the island of Ireland. A selection of her poetry and artwork is at http://seaviewwarrenpoint.wordpress.com/ View all posts by Marion Clarke
Ah, yes, some flowers show off, as do some people. What came first, the chicken or the egg, the daffodil or the author? ;-)
I love the edginess behind the beguilingly simple but not so simple haiku.
warm regards,
Alan
Love it!
flowers
just
bloom
child like flowers
the more you tinkle
the more they laugh
? Bidyut prabha
'edginess' :) Clever and effective, Marion. Very nice!
runners high
the daffodils
incandescence
For some reason I am unable to respond to individual posts, so thank you Alan, Hemapriya, Ram, Bidyut, Norman and Dawn. ?
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