April/ Haiku/ ETC by RL Brown

War Is a Kigo https://haikuseed.com/war-is-a-kigo/ via 
@HaikuSeed_
 
The Afghan thirteen
fallen, betrayed, left behind-
death's grim triumph.
Spring

Slipping through 
the morning's dew
sunlight cracks the dawn 

chee-pippety-chee
songbirds greet morning’s first light with an
arias of praise

kitty's in the weeds
a blue jay’s catcall-warning,
a tail twitching taunt

cool zephyr breeze
flows over tender grasses 
goose pimples giggle.

a rye bluegrass mix,
tickles bare feet, 
soothing the soul
doubly comfy, Ahhh- (45)

rudbeckia titters 
roots stretch in fertile earth.
polllinizers play.

dainty wings unfurled,
Diana Fritillary-
dances atop blooms.

deep within earth's roots
generational stories
interwine 

hurricane prelude
whirlybirds in the wind
bliss ignorance

wrapped by clouded storms, 
dark tornados 
sounds of March winds.


rudbeckia titters 
roots stretching in fecund dirt,
pollinizers play.  revision for haiku dialogue

dainty wings unfurled,
Diana Fritillary-
dances atop blooms.

submissions Haiku Dialogue/Troutswirl
Dark Tornados
Wrapped in clouded storms, blinding,
Sounds of a freight train. 
April 11, 2022
kitty in the weeds
bluejay's catcall
a tail twitching taunt #HaikuSeed taunt
Cool zephyr breeze
over tender grasses 
stuck between the toes
goose pimples giggle. 
Photo by RL Brown
Dainty wings unfurled,
Diana Fritillary-
dances atop blooms.  #haikuseed butterfly
Picturesque shapes
lurking among cracked shadows-
craggy contours 
#HaikuSeed cracked
Shoulder surgery-
torrents of pain downpour,
to a clench stillness. 
OUCH! #HaikuSeed downpour
My thoughts trail behind
as I pass through the doorway,
forgotten.  #HaikuSeed
Deep within my roots,
generational stories
intertwined.
 #HaikuSaturday #haiku #haikuseed
Mississippi Oak on the coast.
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Rhonda Bronte Brown is a National Board-Certified Teacher and retired teacher/counselor whose work has appeared in Better Than Starbucks, The Trouvaille Review, Meat for Tea, The Orchards Poetry Journal and The Best Haiku 2025 international anthology and several online journals. She holds both a BS and a Master’s degree and writes children’s literature and poetry exploring nature, SEL, and STEM.

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