lovers arrive with
petals in bloom
soon depart as
flowers wilt
stars fall when
perfumed nights fade
Summer
a carousel of delight
ends, too
finished with tarnished trinkets
of ephemeral love
she learns in winter
to accept the hand
holding only a warm heart
Image: Ilya Repin – “What freedom!” 1903
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push and pull of ocean tidesrestores her tired limbsevening strolls in old-growth forestssoothes her grieving heartdappled dew on wildflower bloomsunfurls her tangled thoughtsthen on her
Delighted that my haiku was included in Haiku Dialogue- Under the March Moon—Half Moon of the Haiku Foundation. Thank you to guest editor Carole MacRury for