8/18/2012

Maternity Ward



green grass springs skyward
seed of winter’s frozen womb
hope is born anew 

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Linked in at Haiku Heights, where the prompt this week is "Green."  This piece is a fix-up of one I wrote ages ago, before I had a clue what a haiku was.

Posted by PattiKen
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23 comments:

  1. Magical Mystical TeacherAugust 18, 2012 at 12:01 PM

    Simple, yet hope-filled!

    Not a Wisp of Green

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  2. joanneAugust 18, 2012 at 12:24 PM

    love the title! the cycle of renewal is nature's most precious gift...

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  3. Susie ClevengerAugust 18, 2012 at 12:26 PM

    Love the title and haiku...a beautiful expression of spring's rebirth

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  4. Sherry Blue SkyAugust 18, 2012 at 12:37 PM

    I LOVE this!!!!!

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  5. phil, the Philosopher Mouse of the HedgeAugust 18, 2012 at 1:30 PM

    Perfect pix. Those little leaves look so full of determination and energy - suits the verse well

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  6. Amrit SinhaAugust 18, 2012 at 1:35 PM

    wow ... green depicting creation ... lovely thought !!!

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  7. Sri ValliAugust 18, 2012 at 1:40 PM

    Very beautiful nature haiku!

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  8. PranitaAugust 18, 2012 at 2:07 PM

    This is so beautiful! I enjoyed readin this immensely Patti :)


    Peekaboo with the moon!

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  9. Laurie KolpAugust 18, 2012 at 2:39 PM

    Lovely metaphor here...

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  10. Brian MillerAugust 18, 2012 at 3:38 PM

    love me some new hope...like new life...like spring...

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  11. kaykualaAugust 18, 2012 at 4:54 PM

    Where there is hope there is life! It keeps things alive. Nice thoughts Patti!

    Hank

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  12. Jenn @ Youknow...that Blog?August 18, 2012 at 5:51 PM

    Lovely haiku! Hard to imagine that feeling just now with our high summer heat and just-broken drought, but I look forward to it all the same.

    Thanks for dropping by my place!

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  13. rallentandaAugust 18, 2012 at 9:19 PM

    Clever title. Spring is coming.

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  14. Gemma WisemanAugust 18, 2012 at 11:08 PM

    Love the idea of "winter's frozen womb"! Delightful!

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  15. The Write GirlAugust 18, 2012 at 11:08 PM

    I love the title of this poem. It is the essence of spring.

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  16. UnspokenAugust 19, 2012 at 12:20 AM

    I love the line:
    seed of winter's frozen womb

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  17. TomAugust 19, 2012 at 6:02 AM

    oh no
    the snow

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  18. TigerbriteAugust 19, 2012 at 11:31 AM

    Like this very much :)

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  19. JaniceAugust 19, 2012 at 1:18 PM

    Wonderful. I love the positive message of your haiku. Here's to hope, always.

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  20. DulcinaAugust 19, 2012 at 8:54 PM

    I love it, Patti. I don't know what you wrote ages ago, but the fix-up is a delicious haiku.
    Last winter I wrote "The pregnant earth", a poem in Spanish - La tierra preñada -, about how life is growing under the snow:

    http://donaene.blogspot.com.es/2012/02/la-tierra-prenada.html

    In just three rich lines you have resumed the idea wonderfully.
    Your Blog is a nice place to find beauty and tenderness, I'll come back.
    Thanks for sharing.
    :)

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  21. SelmaAugust 20, 2012 at 12:29 AM

    That first line is killer with the grass springing skyward. What a joyful image. Fills me with hope!!!

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  22. GraceAugust 20, 2012 at 2:18 PM

    I like the hope that is born anew ~

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  23. Sankara Jayanth SAugust 21, 2012 at 6:52 AM

    hope is born anew.
    pleasant and promisinglines. wonderful..:)

    In Glory and Pain, We Become Writers

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