cherry blossom – Haiku Gravy

inching

Nov 20, 2020Nov 20, 2020 gravy

three more weeks of term
blossom
on the winter cherry

gathering

May 1, 2020 gravy

blown blossom
overflowing
potholes

respite

Apr 19, 2020Apr 19, 2020 gravy

falling
rain
blossom
falling

shadows

Apr 4, 2020Apr 5, 2020 gravy

cherry blossom
at sunset
the halfmoon

leap

Feb 29, 2020 gravy

new moon
cherry blossom
the blank page

camouflage

Apr 18, 2019Apr 17, 2019 gravy

pale sky
blossom
might be falling

healthy snack

Apr 6, 2019Apr 7, 2019 gravy

underfeathers
pidgeon on the low branch
scoffing blossom

carnival

Mar 14, 2019 gravy

snowdrops, cherry blossom
then daffodils
Spring’s slow parade

blossom

Mar 10, 2019Mar 9, 2019 gravy

blossom
now brightening
the pavement

inspiration

Mar 8, 2019Mar 5, 2019 gravy

under the trees
poets
bloomin’ everywhere

spring.fall.repeat

Feb 26, 2019Feb 25, 2019 gravy

blossom
blooming all over
again

sneeze

Feb 21, 2019Feb 20, 2019 gravy

atchoo!
cherry blossom
in the rain

pink Christmas

Dec 25, 2018Dec 21, 2018 gravy

early cherry blossom
opening up
Christmas presents

Dandruff*

May 10, 2018May 10, 2018 gravy

Blossom
falls on my head
and shoulders

*noone knows where it comes from, the word that is, first used in 1545.

ring-a-roses

May 7, 2018May 7, 2018 gravy

along the shore
of the puddle —
washed-up blossom

Gone

May 3, 2018May 3, 2018 gravy

blossom
blows onto the bluebells —
tears, lost in the ocean

Sakura*

Mar 29, 2018Mar 29, 2018 gravy

From all the rain,
the cherry tree charms
its very own cloud

*the Japanese word for cherry blossom, courtesy of Robert MacFarlane

Rosy cheeks

Mar 21, 2018Mar 19, 2018 gravy

cherry blossom
trembles, looking pinker
in the snow storm

Messy eater

Mar 15, 2018Mar 15, 2018 gravy

Where the red fox fed,
a halo of soft feathers —
fresh cherry blossom