April Showers Bring May Flowers
Awe.. Spring is finally here! Welcome to my blog and enjoy the beauty of spring with me as we share a Tanka and or Haiku or any form of poetry you wish.
HAIKU is a Japanese verse consisting of three lines of five, seven, and five syllables ( 5,7,5) 17 syllables in all. Haiku focuses on nature (seasons.) Rhyming is not necessary. Here are some examples found on Shadowpoetry. com
Example #1:
Pink cherry blossoms
Cast shimmering reflections
On seas of Japan
Copyright © Andrea
Example #2:
salt-waves caress sand
tickling my toes and heart
in their short-spun wake
Copyright © 2002 Diana
TANKA is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the Haiku with five lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables. 5,7,5,7,7. Rhyming is not necessary for the Tanka and much like the Haiku it is focused on nature and love.
Here are some examples of the Tanka:
Example #1:
A cool wind blows in
With a blanket of silence.
Straining to listen
For those first few drops of rain,
The storm begins in earnest.
Copyright © 2001 Dendrobia
Example #2:
Subtle hints of spring
In the wet bark of the tree
Dew dripping from leaves
Then runs down the russet trunk
Pools round the roots and is drunk
Copyright © 2002 Can Sonmez
So shower me with Haiku or Tanka on my blog of springtime beauty but any form is welcome. Here are some pictures that might inspire you.
this is breath-taking Michelle!!! Alright …
Love the Format and the beautiful introduction!
will be back in the morning to Party in the Spring!
Hug’s MM
Hello and welcome to my April Showers Bring May Flowers blog. Happy Friday, everyone! :love:
Well the invite mentioned “April showers” but didn’t mention we were to be clad in Haiku or Tanka…lol
But I came anyhow…Improperly attired in ABAB….LOL
The windshield wipers thump away
A heartbeat of a damp April morning
Over budding fields the fog lies grey
Muted and pale a timid sun is rising
Summers on the wing they all say
But If it flies here, it will be surprising
Cold and damp on and on day after day
My windshield wipers seem to be chastising
Thump,thump, thump, rain rain go away
And I count the days (not that I’m criticizing)
Until there blooms a sunburst of May
This was my april four days ago lol.
Wonderful blog (((Michelle!))) Sorry I’m late, I have had an incredible deluge of hate comments on my blog here today after I posted three explaining the Tea Party movement. Evidently there is a very big leftwing presence on Friendburst and they don’t like anyone trying to tell them the Tea Party is not composed of stupid racist rednecks. No more politics for me on this place. 🙄
I’ll see what I can post for you about Spring!
Take off on Michelles…lol
Walking far apart
muttering under our breath
The warm April day
changes our mood to romance
amidst the cherry blossoms
Woo Hoo ~ I’m gonna do my thing and come back Michelle!!!
Hit the heart at the top of the blog!!! Y’all :love:
Little Bird
There’s a chill in the air,
Summer’s not quite here
The birds are singing
Planning nests
Everywhere
Gathering twigs
And grass that’s dry
Dropping presents
In my eye
Oh little bird
Up in the sky
I question why
There was room
Over there
You could have
Left it as
You flew threw
The air
You aimed for my eye
My oh my
From way up there
You dropped it in
My hair.
Spring is coming
My cat will keep
You running
April they say is for lovers
Rainy days under the covers
apple blossom bud from twigs
All the happy perky smiling frigs
Holding hands walking in the rain
gonna catch cold are they insane?
April flowers and I just glower
What’s the atraction to a cold shower
Skip through puddles catch pnumonia
I’ll play at your funeral on my harmonica
Put on your galoshes and rain coats
If you fall in a puddle remember… shit floats
SLAP ME AND CALL ME SILLY…I DID THIS LAST NIGHT…DIDN’T THINK THERE MAY BE A FORM…BUT HERE GOES…
OK I’m feeling nalstalgic (sp) and I so wanted to put this here!!! This is the very first PICnPoem I ever did for someone else. This is also the very first Haiku that Carol (aka Tinhearts) ever did. It was done in the spring of 2007………….
A Pantoum!
April is National Poetry Month!
How come a non-poet like me has to be the one to point that out?
More details at: Poets.org
Awww Michaelle beautiful blog Warm hugs with smiles, shared as April showers bring May flowers.. :love:
Here is a video I had to share & a little poem for you 5-7-5:)
http://youtu.be/XGD4cvR2FaE
As beauty in flowers
Each one admire as viewed
Beauty to be seen in all
Oops,,Let me try the video agian lol..
this swollen river
a splendid indication
in expectation
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A HAIKU just for you:
There is a garden
that is growing within me
Love Blossoms for all.
RC
I want to thank everyone for stopping by tonight and I will be back tomorrow morning. Have a wonderful evening, everyone!
This is beautiful, Michelle. I really wish Texas got some of those April flowers, lol. 🙂
I love your blog Michelle , I’ll take some pics of my roses and try to write something 😉 I love flowers , wait it’s dark outside , so I will have to use another pic lol..
THESE WERE TOO PRETTY TO PASS BY…ENJOY…
Gorgeous blog, theme and poetry! I’ll work on something and be back. ~barb~
Life isn’t about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain ♥ Peace, Love And Light Always ♥ Richard
One of the most gorgeous blogs I’ve ever seen!!!! Great job! Loving everyone’s contributions……. :entertained: :love:
My first red rose bloomed today…………..after deadly storms roared through last night!!!!! 🙁
Beauty and tragedy seem to go hand in hand………….Voo:love:
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Beautiful party-blog Michelle!
Spring Showers
early morning sunlit silence
rain drops cling to grass
sulky clouds in patchwork shades
too defiant yet to pass
under trees dappled forms
make surrealist art on luscious lawns
and in the hushed and subdued air
clear dulcet tones ring beyond compare…
a tranquil muted ambience
muffled the sounds of day
as those stubbornly moody clouds
rebelliously held sway
skidding across the surface
of the placid spring sun
as the morning progressed
with moist humidity
the patchy clouds gathered low
until they settled sluggish and slow
in a billowing grey shadow…
a few sleepy butterflies
cruised the scented flowers
waiting for that moment when
the set loose it’s spring showers
sharonlee©
April showers should bring May flowers
but it isn’t always so
One year here they surprised us
with a whole big lot of snow!
But I didn’t let that get me down
I went outside to play
And built a snowman with the snow
Though he never lasted the day! 🙂
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Because of You
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There are days when roses seem sweeter
The sun shines brighter
And the roads you walk on
Rise up to meet your feet and glide you along.
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There are nights when the moon sings
And silver stars shoot across the celestrial canvas
Birds stay up just to croon you lullabies
And the world is a sweet and jubilant place.
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I never knew that place before
I never felt like I could touch the heavens
Dance on daylight and run with the rain
Until now, because now, there’s you.
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All you have to do is smile
All you have to do is reach
All you have to do is be
And Earth becomes Eden.
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If I could write you a love song
All the lyrics would be ‘you’
If I could paint you a portrait
All the faces would be yours.
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If I could write you a book
All the stories would be unending
If I could inspire you with dreams
All the dreams would come true.
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For these are the things
That you’ve given to me
These are the joys
That now decorate my days.
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Because of you
Because of you
The sun shines brighter
Because of you.
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by Voo
Feb 24, 08
My husband’s Haiku:
Early Spring
Raindrops falling
Clearing the air again.
At last it’s Springtime
Mid Spring
Early flowers bloom.
Solemn joy fills our hearts.
Another Easter.
Late Spring
Pink-white apple blossoms
Cover the green orchard grass
Like winter snow drifts.
Copyright © James Gray
Yep its me again sneak in in under the wires ….. Great Blog Party Michelle ….
April shower
Spring kisses so sweet
Two lovers standing in the rain
March wind blowed in
Blew away the winter cold
Still spring came in on its own
CLEAR VISIONS
Seems like just a blur
To me when your so far away
The love we share on this long distant
Merry-go-round of a love affair
That we share
Your a thousand mile away
Though we talk for hours on end
On the phone it seems
We share love letter in the mail
Across the miles
I love you so
Why are we so far apart
Our love had grown much stronger
Yet at times it’s not enough
I want to touch you
Feel you in my arms
Your words are just a blur to me
Now that we are so far from being
I long for the smell of you cologne
The after shave that you use
Just to feel you breathe
Would be oh so nice
I am at wit end not knowing
When I will see once more
Our love is just a blur
Knowing I have to wait
For love I will never have
I have waited so love for this love
It’s becoming a blur to me
That love will never come
The air is so much thinner
And I am growing weary hoping
Hoping that one day
You will open your eyes
And see me for me
See the love that I love for you
Oh where is the love that I need so badly
Just a blur
And it’s fading fast
Love will never come
It’s just my blurred vision
Of what love could be
Written By: Bettie Davis ———————– © October 25 , 2010
FLY HIGH WITH THE WIND
There’s plenty to spare
Take what you need
Just please don’t make my heart bleed
Nothing more nothing less
Your simply the best
In showing love I’ll take the lead
I will give you all the passion on which to feed
To strive to succeed
In the wisp of wind I heard your love call
Standing up proud and tall
Fly free with the wind
Straight to my loving heart
Written By: Bettie Davis ———————— © September 18 , 2010
Good morning! I’m back now! 🙂
Wow – what a beautiful Blog, Michelle! Gotta get up pretty early in the morning to beat you guys! Since you introduced Tankas to the CPC, I’ve grown to appreciate the form and the challenge to produce them. And though I’m not the early bird, I did manage to dig up this worm … hope you like it.
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SUNBEAM MAGICAL
Butterflies of spring
waltz among golden petals,
soaring and gliding,
weaving pastel tapestries
of silken sunbeam magic.
(c) barbara kausteklis 4-16-11
Open up your mind.
Follow your aspirations.
Catch a miracle.
RC
Helping the needy,
feeding the homeless and poor,
A Paradise found.
RC
HAIKU Ahhh-Choo ~ 5-7-5
HAIKU Ahhhh Ahhhhh-Chooo ~
How Dooo You Dooo ~ Spring Just Sprung
As Flowers Doth Bloom ~
Winds Dost Blow ~ You Knew ~
Dat Showers Would Come ~ Grass Grew ~
Allergies Make Meee ???
Scratch & Plead ~ How Sooon ???
III Saaay ~ Shalll Rains Wash Awaaay ~
Sneeeze’s… Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh-Choo ~
Written Byyy g.T Art Byyy Todd ~
® TM © WITHIN…
Last one, I promise…
Storm clouds overhead…
Garden flowers begin their
dancing in the rain.
rain down
rain down
all around
wash over me
can’t you see
this can’t be the end my friend
the walls are caving in
talking undercover
brother against brother
another bird shall sing
can’t you see
a pearl inside of your wings
rain down on the seas…….
wash over me
silencing…….
the turmoil
of them
who say they
love us our friend
rain down
wash over me
can’t you see
Rain down on me!
MM-2010
What a lovely blog idea! Blessed spring to you all!
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Sweet Michelle I love your Blog Party!! hug’s!!!
One Raindrop
Remember feeling raindrops
On your face?
How cotton candy never lost its taste
Your first love has every first sentence too
As a candy bar screams from stores at you
Coffee, first taste in morning rise
Brings me heavenly smiles to my eyes
These special times.. run through my mind
Like meeting friends.. first time I find
Memories love, we begin to care
This one raindrop we all share
A Collab..Barbara Lady Cheryl Death
Rains of Change
We are the water
And we flow
Speaking our destiny
Cleansing in tides
Sin’s thrown to sea’s
Seasons salts healing
Our fleshly disease
Actions are ripples
As cold to heat
Reactions are the
Path we must tread
Our feet
We speak to the waters
And reflect, in time
What is done on Earth
The Sky has heard your
Life, your love, strife, your crime.
What we ask power two at time
In his almighty name.
Ask for those to be forgiven,will be
Given unto you, to arrange
Then come the healing water’s
The Rains of Change
This is a very beautiful blog Michelle…..loved all of the Spring happiness brought into your site……Hope that his weekend has been a wonderful one for you……