Winter sakura
Tenderly wrapped in blue snow
A lingering scent
Anita Bacha
Photo source Flickr
Good morning my dear friends
Happy Wednesday

Winter sakura
Tenderly wrapped in blue snow
A lingering scent
Anita Bacha
Photo source Flickr
Good morning my dear friends
Happy Wednesday

Spring is the season we most look forward to in London specially after a rigid and cold winter.The budding of flowers is soothing.The air is full of promises as smiles flower on lifeless faces.Spring is my favorite season of the year, and yours too.
Spring here coincides with Sakura, the blooming of the cherry trees, in Japan. The transient yet lovely blossoms that appeal to the heart of every poet have greatly inspired me too . Enjoy!
I am sharing my haiku ‘The plum tree blossoms’ selected as haiku of the week by Japan Society London on 19/04/22 and two other included in their esteem website
https://www.japansociety.org.uk/haiku-corner
The first three haiku below –
The plum tree blossoms
In the neighbor’s unkempt garden
Spring embraces all

In the clear moonlight
Voluptuous pink bloom
Midst of marshmallows

Back from school
Afternoon milk tea
Jar of cookies

My granddaughter
Reaching for a rose
In the garden

My little girl’s
First spring marigold
Pulling wishes

Pretty white flowers
Orange tree blossoms
Scent of marmalade

Late tangerine sky
Between white apple blossoms
Eternal beauty

Cut fragrant lilacs
We borrow our neighbor’s vase
Sweet spring country home

Spring shimmering colors
Blend of orange and lemon
Cologne scent evening

Gorgeous spring flowers
Fragrant colorful homely
Last say of April

Sakura blossoms
Transient soft pinkish petals
Swirling in the breeze

Hope you have enjoyed my Spring collection
Thank you for reading
Anita Bacha.
The whiff of jasmines
A silk night dress on my bed –
Wedding memories

A bitter cold wind
Swept all the blossoms away –
Spring unfurls new buds

We love each other
Every season of the year –
In spring our hearts bloom

It seems kind of strange
That the flowers of today
Will die tomorrow

Potten or garden
Geraniums demand sunshine-
The beauties of spring

A blue sakura
Blossom in a pink bouquet-
Glistens in the night

In traditional Japanese poetry a kigo is a word associated with a season. Nowadays poets mostly outside Japan do not use a kigo as a must when writing haiku poetry. I think that a kigo adds a streak of romanticism in haiku poems for the simple reason that we and our moods are ruled by seasons.
Happy Spring to all!
Stay safe!
Anita Bacha