Flower Power
here
we walk
hand in hand
as brown grounds us
umbrella flies blue*****
snow melts’ running streams
***********blossom winter aconite
stemmed butter petals call spring forth
accompanied by drips, soughs, chirps, songs
Witch Hazel
look
ahead!
confetti
is raining down
to celebrate spring!
butter sun kernels pop;
witch hazel with its big heart
blooming in time with the season
to the beat of Mother Nature’s Drum
Photo: Michelle Beauchamp
Grandfather’s Favor
cac-
ti reach,
mitts, globes, hearts,
** beg sun’s regard **
*patient prickly beasts*
who wrest graveled slopes
thru quill-chilling nights to dawn
grandfather bestows warm favor
quickening pulse of the spring desert
kigo used: snow melt, running streams, in the ground, witch hazel, winter aconite, lingering cold (chilling nights)
reverse or inverted nonet series
note: **** used to even out triangles
Colleen Chesebro is the host of TankaTuesday. Colleen says:
This week: Your writing invitation is to choose one of the 24 Forms for your poem. (You can select 3 different forms for the 3 suggested kigo word phrases, if you’d like).
Mish is today’s host of dVerse’ Open Link Night.
Thank you, Mish, for the use of your wonderful photo taken in New Mexico on your vacation.
Tao Talk 
The shape of your poem reflects the wonderful ode to flowers and plants…. Like it and the pictures.
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I like what you see, Bjorn. Both flower pics were taken on Tuesday at Meijer Gardens in GR. It was like summer on that day.
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These are so well done, Li. Each poem and photo gifts for the senses❣️
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Cindy, thanks, so glad you enjoyed them <3
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You’re so very welcome, Li❣️
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Some nice ones
Much♡love
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Thanks, Gillena. I see I’m able to comment on your poems again at your site :)
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I like the form you use hewre to try and drill down to the very essence of things. You use it well and I enjoyed my visit – Thank you
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Scott thanks much :)
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Flower power indeed! Hope springs eternal [that our spring comes early or even on time!] The nonet form works well, you know I will be attempting one soon. Simply beautiful.
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Lovely comment, Helen, I hope with you on spring. Yes, please do write a nonet. Pretty please?
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A couple home runs today Lisa.
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Randy, thanks, buddy!
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I love the idea of flowers calling spring forth. And you’ve given us a lot of sunlight! (K)
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That’s what witch hazel looks like on a mature bush. Aren’t they beautiful!
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They are indeed.
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Lisa,
Great photos. I especially liked these lines of the cacti poem,
“patient prickly beasts*
who wrest graveled slopes
thru quill-chilling nights to dawn”
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Ali, thanks much and happy you enjoyed them.
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A very creative trilogy, Lisa. It really is the blossoms that call spring forth each year!
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Dwight, many thanks, and I’m glad you see it that way also.
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You are welcome, Lisa!
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This is a wonderful set of poems Li. Love how you’ve shaped them.
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Sadje, pleased that you like them and their shape :)
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🥰😍🌼
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I like Grandfather’s Favor the best but all are good. Like Ali said…the pictures are wonderful as well.
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Max thank you. I lucked out on those pics. Not a lot blooming outside at FMG just yet.
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All three poems are beautiful, Lisa! I like your choice of poem form. Flowers have power to me.
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Miriam, happy you liked the form I chose, and yes, they do. Even looking at a flower gives me peace.
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That’s exactly the reason I love gardening, Lisa! Have a wonderful weekend.
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<3
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Li, each one was a picture in a book. Lovely
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Eric, thank you.
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It’s wonderful you got to be out on such a lovely spring-like day. I especially like the witch hazel: “butter sun kernels pop;
witch hazel with its big heart”
I love yellow flowers.
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Glad you liked those lines, Merril. Thanks!
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You’re welcome, Lisa!
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These are all wonderful poems, Lisa.
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Robbie, thank you. I was writing under the influence of flower power ;)
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🌼🌹🌻
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This trio of poems is like taking a stroll through the seasons, with each one painting a vivid picture of nature’s beauty and resilience. Really love how they capture the essence of the changing seasons. :-)
~David
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David, thank you. It seems this spring is all over the place.
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A triple treat! I especially enjoyed your tribute to witch hazel with”butter sun kernels pop” What a pretty plant. I absolutely love where you took the cacti photo, with “mitts, globes, hearts” begging for sunlight. Beautiful trio of a fun form!
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~Mish :)
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Thank you, Mish, for your comment and your great photo to write to.
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These are all so very beautiful, Lisa.
I do something quite similar to “Witch Hazel” called a Dectina Refrain. There are 10 lines instead of 9; the 10th line is lines 1-4 written as a stand-alone sentence, so the last line of “Witch Hazel would read “Look ahead! Confetti is raining down.”
Lovely post!
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Very cool on the poem form and it would work great for this one, Nancy. Also nice to see your real face :)
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Thanks, Lisa! I appreciate that.
Now here’s a little fun called “Pass the Baton”. I hope you’ll take it and run with it. Add as much or as little to the story as you like and then pass it on to someone else. Let’s see how far (and interesting) this thing can go. It’s all in fun!
https://theelephantstrunk.org/2024/03/01/pass-the-baton-march-2024/
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Nancy, I stopped doing these “chain stories” a few years back, but just for you, I’ll add to this one :) Just finished and passed on to Jim at “A Unique Title for Me.”
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Thanks, Lisa. I wouldn’t have bothered it with you it I had known. I hadn’t done one in quite a while and I just found myself “invited”. Appreciate you jumping in.
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You’re welcome and it was fun to add a few words to it. Thanks for the invite!
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gorgeous poems Lisa :D you did a fantastic job!
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Glad you like them :)
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Lovely concrete poem shapes and pictures to match…
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Thanks much, Andrew. In this case, the pics came first.
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Spring will be a delight to welcome. This day is filled with rain giving life. If the sun blossoms in the sky tomorrow I think some Daffs will trumpet!
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<3
sun blossoms the sky
day filled with rain giving life
daffodils trumpet
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A fine knitting of verse ;)
(Sun is out and it is 50F! Just checked the Daffs on the south side of the house are trumpetting!! 🎶
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<3
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Thanks for sharing the flower power of spring with us, Lisa! Nothing blooming here yet but our big maple has leaf buds. Love the witch hazel confetti raining down!
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Nice to see you, Lynn. Happy to share flower power of spring. Leaf buds are pretty danged special also <3
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For sure…spring is coming!!
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Fabulous poetry and your photos show the beauty of our Michigan spring! I’ve never seen witch hazel grow, so that was fabulous! 🌸
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It was a big surprise to see it there, Colleen. My tiny plants have a ways to go to get here — but they will! Thank you. Hope you are feeling healthy again?
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I should be back to normal this week. I’m so behind with everything. I had clients waiting for books, too. Busy times, and I got our taxes done and to the accountant. 🥳
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Fabulous on getting better and getting things done.
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Yes. No poetry for me last week, but this is a new week. ☀️
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Colleen, a heads-up with me for March: mostly taking the month off from poetry. Am doing Women Music March every day. Will still be doing Friday Fictioneers and one or two other prompts but other than that…
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No worries. I totally understand. I’ll see you when I can. 💖
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<3
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Lovely, Lisa! And your poetry form is perfect. 🌷
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Many thanks, Gwen <3
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Wow! Spring is certainly here! Loved your trio of poems and the accompanying photos. ❤️
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Thanks, Punam!
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Stunning, and vividly described spring. A wonderful collection 💚💚💚
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Jude, glad you like them, thank you <3
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Great set of poems love them
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Thanks very much.
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“butter sun kernels pop;
witch hazel with its big heart”
Love these lines especially.
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Melissa, so glad you enjoyed those lines. Thanks. In case you hadn’t read, I’m on vaca from most prompts this month. See you in April.
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