September Challenge 3

This is a challenge for traditional haiku for the season 'spring'. You can use appropriate words other than 'spring' to denote the season. Consider using Australian references (plants, birds, activities etc). See below references to some indigenous seasonal patterns for Australia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australian_seasons

http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/climate_culture/Indig_seasons.shtml

http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/indigenous/

Comments

  1. Sasha25 September 2011 at 04:47

    spring sunshine
    Sturt Desert Pea flickers
    on the brick path

    half a moon
    silvering
    all the bluebells

    warm breeze
    bluebells have climbed
    up their greem stalks

    bird bath
    honeyeaters splash
    among quince petals

    spring collection
    abandoned mattresses
    heaved into the dump truck

    honeyeater
    yellow and black
    on the wattle branch

    the high sweet note
    of rosellas
    brief conversation

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  2. Sasha25 September 2011 at 04:49

    warm breeze
    bluebells have climbed
    up their green stalks

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  3. Alex Ryan25 September 2011 at 05:51

    roof rustle
    two lorikeets
    making out on the batts

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  4. Alex Ryan25 September 2011 at 21:19

    warm breeze
    grevillea tentacles
    reaching out

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  5. Alex Ryan25 September 2011 at 21:31

    red sand
    kangaroo prints
    weave desert peas

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  6. BelindaBroughton27 September 2011 at 00:52

    on warm earth 
    the fledgeling magpie
    dozing 


    morning sunshine 
    a baby duckling stretches 
    one long leg


    drifting
    through a slant of sunshine
    pine pollen

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  7. Margaret Rawlinson1 October 2011 at 16:49

    marshmallow landscape
    slowly melts
    black ice ....

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  8. athena15 October 2011 at 21:51

    a fascinator...
    for a sleek hair cut
    the spring racing carnival

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  9. athena15 October 2011 at 21:56

    my sun hat
    carried by the breeze
    a spring promenade

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  10. athena15 October 2011 at 22:00

    a nest
    on the liquidamber
    spring's gift to my garden

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