lilac in full bloom-
bees bumping
into bees
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Carole Macrury
Carole MacRury resides in Point Roberts, Washington, a unique peninsula and border town that inspires her work. She is a past board member of the Tanka Society of America and founding member of the United Haiku and Tanka Society. She has enjoyed judging and coordinating haiku and tanka contests in the past and is a former judge and founding member of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational. Her poems have won awards and been published worldwide. She is the author of In the Company of Crows: Haiku and Tanka, Between the Tides (Black Cat Press 2008, 2018) and The Tang of Nasturtiums an award-winning e-chapbook (Snapshot Press 2012). View all posts by Carole Macrury
A vivid haiku moment, i enjoyed the action in this poem.
a wonderful ku!
very well composed – interesting the repetition and the alliteration!
Excelent ku, Carole. Here’s one of mine, written a while back:
crowded sidewalk
ants swerving to avoid
other ants
It’s a busy, busy world.
Helter-skelter garden-
a whole swarm of bees
on a single lilac
Thank you Angelika and thank you Bill and Vasile for your haiku.
Bill, I’ve written about ants too! I enjoy watching them.
Carole
hot ashphalt–
an ant hauling
a dead ant home
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A beautiful haiku, Carole…
rich with image, sound and scent.
And congrats on your haiga projects…
I know they’ll be successful!
:-)
Lary
Carol;
The images of your well fit words… generate (desired, I think) parallel thoughts.
I can imagine: Sale at the Mall, people bumping into people.
my poor attempt
fireflys nudging
summer night’s rain
pfssst pfssst
Thank you Lary! The haiga projects have had a steep learning curve! :-)
Magyar, a lovely haiku! Beautifully worded.
Carole
Really, this haiku is beautifully.A haiga without its photo.For that reason, I make one’s way back with the second echo:
A lilac full of bees-
the ant from the top of the line
changes one’s direction
Great haiku, and yes, like us, they bump into each, and I love ‘thumping’ and it reminds me of a comical incident with bees, but can’t locate the haiku, so here’s another one. ;-)
semi-circular
round the lavender bush
the fly-hops of bees
__________________tiny black ants
racing to and fro along long line
from where, ———— where to
Beautiful imagery! I love the “bees bumping into bees.” I wonder — if bees bump into other bees, do they ever sting each other?
Regarding ants, I have also written ants into a haiku:
heron stands still
ants rush hither and thither
to each his own
Hi Carole – what a wonderful haiku! I think even if I knew no English, I could guess at the meaning just from the sounds of those words!
Thanks to all: Gillena, Vasile, Allen, b.m. richardson, Suzy and Norman. Happy to see your delightful response haiku. Seems I’m not the only one who likes to watch bugs. this is where I so often feel the connection between nature and human nature. Not sure who mimics who, though! Or maybe we all have the same survival skills *g*
Best,
Carole
carole,
time marches on. reading your ku again, it dawned on me(yes, akin to the first appearance of light), words once spoken by basho, “the sound of water”, perchance your words are the sound of bees.
a new day, a new understanding.