Today’s special early-bird prompt is to write a haibun! This poem is inspired by the wilting tulips next to my writing screen. And a day later, this poem was featured as having “a wonderfully dreamlike quality, and a lovely punctuating haiku.”
And on Friday morning, she walked the aisle of spring
carpeted with petals of blooms; pink, yellow, white
and rainbow, dreaming to find him at the altar of bliss.
But, he wasn’t there waiting to be married in the routine
of expectations. She found him at home weaving sheets of
love threaded with poetry, songs and letters.
in the spring moonlight
you are my chosen night queen
hurry home from church
Copyright © 2017, Gloria D. Gonsalves. All rights reserved.
R L Cadillac
April 1, 2017 - 4:55 am ·I LOVE THIS!! So beautiful, the captivating line is “weaving sheets of love threaded with poetry, songs and letters”–and the final line, “hurry home from church” grabbed and blessed my heart. <3
Vijaya Sundaram
April 1, 2017 - 6:50 am ·Beautiful and tender imagery.
Jennifer Patino
April 1, 2017 - 7:24 am ·I love it! A fresh start 🙂
Gloria
April 1, 2017 - 8:53 am ·Thank you all for stopping by and reading. It is my first attempt of a haibun and I’m flattered it came through although written hurriedly on the Friday evening 🙂
Nicole Moore
April 1, 2017 - 11:15 am ·Lovely and a great start to NapoWriMo! Feeling even more inspired and motivated to give haibun a shot!
Claire
April 1, 2017 - 1:10 pm ·So pretty – what a lovely start to NaPo!
D M Day
April 1, 2017 - 1:41 pm ·Love this, it’s so pretty.
Kate Rantilla
April 1, 2017 - 1:52 pm ·This one caught me (by the throat) and did not let go until I exhaled after the last line. A delight.
Barbara Wieland
April 1, 2017 - 3:49 pm ·Very pretty. I love the unexpected.
Smitha Vishwanath
April 1, 2017 - 6:02 pm ·Beautiful! Love the way the words are weaved.
Jamie Perez
April 1, 2017 - 7:30 pm ·+1
K. McLaughlin
April 1, 2017 - 7:42 pm ·I was unfamiliar with the haibun, but am very inspired by what you wrote! This is a beautiful poem.
Dawn Paoletta
April 2, 2017 - 1:58 am ·I was tortured by the prompt, but loved learning about it. I appreciate being able to read your efforts, and am inspired to work a bit at my descriptive phrases. 😉
Michelle E
April 2, 2017 - 2:52 am ·I love this, especially the haiku at the very end! <3
Serene Vannoy
April 2, 2017 - 6:12 pm ·This is gorgeous. Thank you.
Just Barry
April 3, 2017 - 12:43 am ·Beautiful, tender, and delicate… I love this.