I love wisteria and do not have a shrub of it. I must remedy that but I've heard they can take five years to flower and I'm much too impatient to wait.
Each word is so carefully selected. The lines are all good and the punch at the end is wonderful, but I love the line "wisteria comes" -- it suggests that it just floats in on a breeze, to me.
One of my favorites, they're done here also. When we bought the place next door in the city all those years ago, the previous owner had had a wisteria that she got tired of (?!) and so cut it down and mowed over the spot for I don't know how many years. When we got the place I turned the front yard into a wildflower garden and as soon as it quit being mowed, that wisteria came back.
I like the comment about the lavender pine cone. Great photo, Willow. You should really join our town shoot outs. You have some camera skills you should be sharing more often.
Your haiku is beautiful, Willow...and your photo enhances the overall experience! Thanks so much for joining us on this haiku festival...mmm...I love wisteria too! Happy Day :o)
I'm always enjoying your offerings. I hope you'll drop by Global Around Town when you have a chance. I'm featuring Ken Buhler this week. He is one of the most sensitive and thoughtful artists I know. What he does is really special.
lovely picture and a great haiku. This year's wisteria for us in Texas, has come and gone. We're heading into the summer range of flowers. My neighbors morning glories are beautiful.
The wisteria is as lovely as the caption. Ours are done in California.
ReplyDeleteGesundheit!
ReplyDeleteLovely fresh picture.
ReplyDeleteUtterly lovely.
ReplyDeleteIt does have a pine cone shape! I've never thought of that. Wisteria time is one of my favorite times in our garden.
ReplyDeleteI love these little 'haiku' moments. Many thanks.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
Beautiful imagery, Willow. "Pine cone burst"...great visual! <3
ReplyDeleteI love wisteria and do not have a shrub of it. I must remedy that but I've heard they can take five years to flower and I'm much too impatient to wait.
ReplyDeleteLove this! Succulent magic pine cone - yes!
ReplyDeleteHello Willow,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Wisteria. I'm not sure I have the hang of this Haiku form but this will be an opportunity to learn!
nice play with the words. it rather does look like a colorful pine cone. have a great start to your week!
ReplyDeleteI have a 10 year old wisteria and as yet 0 blooms. I am mauve with envy. Enjoy the patio.
ReplyDeleteYeah!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely haiku.
The season of lilac, wisteria, peonies.
No wonder we are quite giddy with it all.
Happy week.
Violet trusses
ReplyDeleteHang sweetly fragrant -- fading
To sepia shadows.
Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day :)
Sooo pretty--and so close to the house? Aren't you bold!
ReplyDeleteA perfect Haiku!
ReplyDeletemy head is full of memories when i see wisteria.
ReplyDeletehappy, and sweet memories of my grandmother.
thank you.
Gorgeous picture
ReplyDeletewonderful haiku
praise to you
for sharing!
love, love, love wisteria and yet to grow any in my yard, I need to get on that. It is already fading here though :(
ReplyDeleteEach word is so carefully selected. The lines are all good and the punch at the end is wonderful, but I love the line "wisteria comes" -- it suggests that it just floats in on a breeze, to me.
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A beautiful lavender pine cone. How grand!
ReplyDeleteI love wisteria. Even the name is poetry.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorites, they're done here also. When we bought the place next door in the city all those years ago, the previous owner had had a wisteria that she got tired of (?!) and so cut it down and mowed over the spot for I don't know how many years. When we got the place I turned the front yard into a wildflower garden and as soon as it quit being mowed, that wisteria came back.
ReplyDeleteGreat haiku.
You truly engage the senses...the breeze, the shape and smell, the punch of color in the Spring. Lovely Haiku!
ReplyDeleteI like the comment about the lavender pine cone. Great photo, Willow. You should really join our town shoot outs. You have some camera skills you should be sharing more often.
ReplyDeleteLovely poem & photo; you really capture the haiku spirit!
ReplyDeleteYour haiku is beautiful, Willow...and your photo enhances the overall experience! Thanks so much for joining us on this haiku festival...mmm...I love wisteria too! Happy Day :o)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Mine are still in the bud stage, but soon...very soon!
ReplyDeleteAnd the color of wisteria - gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteAh, at last your beloved Wisteria is saturating your senses.
ReplyDeleteHi Willow,
ReplyDeleteI'm always enjoying your offerings. I hope you'll drop by Global Around Town when you have a chance. I'm featuring Ken Buhler this week. He is one of the most sensitive and thoughtful artists I know. What he does is really special.
David
http://www.globalaroundtown.blogspot.com
Beautiful! Paints a picture in my head. :-)
ReplyDeletePerfect Willow. Vi-o-let.
ReplyDeleteI can picture a lot of people counting the syllables on their fingers.
My fave so far. Hey, you're good at this poetry thing!
Beautiful Willow!
ReplyDeleteOn a rainy cold winter day, your Haiku is a breath of purple sunshine!!
Constance
What could be more haiku than 'Fuji no Hana' in spring. Beautiful poem and beautiful photo.
ReplyDeleteYes! It really is like a pinecone! Fabulous description of your lovely image here. Beautiful!
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ReplyDeleteROMAN HOLIDAY??? I'm coming right over! Excellent choice, m'dear! ;))
lovely picture and a great haiku. This year's wisteria for us in Texas, has come and gone. We're heading into the summer range of flowers. My neighbors morning glories are beautiful.
ReplyDeletewonderful, thank you Willow - belated happy mother's Day :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful haiku and picture.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely is this photo of wisteria accompanied by your marvelous haiku. Thanks for sharing ;--)
ReplyDeleteHugs and blessings,
Wonderful! Old wisteria vines can be so beautiful, not to mention fragrant -
ReplyDeleteWillow
ReplyDeletea lovely haiku for the beautiful wisteria - fuji
Happy days
I have a large pine cone. I am tempted to paint it a lilac color! Haiku so appropriate.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could have been at the family gathering, what a joy it must have been. The smell of freshly cut grass, the giggles of Aunt Betty, ah yes...
ReplyDeleteI too love the Nelson-Atkins Museum, it is one of my most treasured places.
Hi Shell! We missed you!!! Aunt Betty has the most delightful little giggle, doesn't she? :^) Is your email the same? I'll forward some pics.
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