first-born flowers*
In the place where we scattered her ashes last summer, there’s now a tiny crown of purple shoots adorning the snow.
early March
just enough green
to believe
*haibun title comes from a Shakespeare’s Sonnet 21
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Lorraine A Padden
Lorraine A Padden is a Touchstone Award winning poet and former professional ballet dancer whose career and scholarship in the performing and visual arts earned her an appointment to the National Endowment for the Arts. Her poetry has been honored by The Haiku Foundation, Tricycle Magazine, Haiku Society of America, Tokutomi International Haiku Competition, and the British Haiku Society, among others. Lorraine is a featured poet in A New Resonance 13, the renowned anthology showcasing emerging voices in English-language haiku. Upwelling, her critically acclaimed collection of haiku and related short forms was published in 2022. View all posts by Lorraine A Padden
I love this haibun.
The title, prose and haiku all coming together to form a whole.
I love it too.
Wonderful phrasing throughout.
Alan
Lovely Lorraine!
Deeply felt!
Beautiful, Lorraine. I love the phrase “just even green to believe.”
marion
Beautiful, Lorraine. I love the phrase “just enough green to believe.”
marion
Lovely haibun, Lorraine!