Garden Haikus
Wound tight like coiled spring
awaiting the morning light
dew on daylilies
Hostas landing pad
bees extract nectar all day
soon will be honey
Vibrant reds and pinks
enjoyed by all passing by
sunny petunias
Hydrangea blossoms
not quite ready for prime time
the wait is worth it
Zinnias grow quickly
stand tall and reach for the sun
started out as seeds
Bright proud coleus
called painted nettle by some
variegated thrill
You say tomato
I say BLT sandwich
ripened on the vine
——
Credits: Garden by Patti Rowland, images by Ron Rowland
Linked to dVerse Poets Pub — Poetics: Garden(ing), where co-founder Claudia asks us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of dVerse with a gardening poem.
Shared with Bad Haiku Club
More haiku
So nice that you’re allowing us a glimpse into your garden. The haikus work so well here. If I had to pick a favorite, it would be the tomato haiku – nice
I think everyone enjoys the occasional humor in a haiku.
Each of these …. absolutely delightful!!!!!
BLTs and these haiku — yum
well done, Ron <3
-David
I love these, especially the last one.
If life brings you tomatoes make BLT sandwiches .., and homegrown tomatoes are so much better than anything story bought.
Lovely photos and haiku. I so enjoyed specially the coleus – such a thrill to see them.
Thanks. The coleus is certainly one of my favorites.
A wonderful set of haiku, and beautiful photography
Nice collection of haiku and garden photos. 🙂
Wow Ron, thank you for this wonderful trip through your garden, in pictures and verse? 🙂
It looks like you know your garden, Ron! I love the combination of word and image. Especially now I learned the name of the ‘coleus’ – my mother-in-law picked some last week and I asked what it was. In Slovenian its just called ‘nettle.’ So I was none the wiser, until now!
Thanks, I had a lot of help identifying many of the flowers. Looks like I might have mentioned your mother-in-law in the second line of the coleus haiku.
Amazing, isn’t it, that those zinnias come from tiny seeds. It’s always fascinated me that the seeds die to give life. Beautiful poem and photos. What amazing colors too.
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!! 💝💝