“Happy National Poetry Day and World Poetry Day!” by Barbara Leonhard

And it’s the first day of spring! May each new bloom be a poem!

And have you heard of the World Haiku Project? Among other world and nation celebrations, our Missouri State Poet Laureate, Maryfrances Wagner, is promoting Haiku writing across the state. You can read more about it here. 

To celebrate all these occasions, I would like to offer some of my haiku. Please reply in the comments with a haiku if you are so moved.

Snow – a sloppy knife
daffodils slump over
spring caught unaware

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In silence so long 
ivy caught my heart
and climbed my soul

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Wisdom
is a cardinal
red on green needles

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Green, pink, yellow 
in the English Ivy
last Easter’s eggs 

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Prowling cats
hidden fairies
sun night

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Atop a rusty shovel
a cardinal sings
spring songs

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The ocean
in a grain of sand
fends for itself

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Time, a paperclip
around which
eternity bends

Copyright © 2023 Barbara Harris Leonhard
All Rights Reserved

More Offerings

A fellow poet, Denise Fletcher, has compiled a gorgeous poetry book, which she offers for free to celebrate National Poetry Month in April. Denise writes….

"The Gladness of Nature" is a collection of original nature photography, with inspirational poetry of flowers by the masters. Included in this collection are poems and fragments by Emily Dickinson, Louisa May Alcott, William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Blake, Rabindranath Tagore, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christina Rossetti, William Cullen Bryant, along with other great poets.

The photography was taken by artist, James Corbesia.  I hope this book inspires you and I hope you enjoy these poetry selections for poetry lovers of every age! Be sure to share it with your friends! 

To download visit my blog post.

And

Tonight, March 21, 2023, I am reading from my poetic memoir, Three-Penny Memories, online with Normal Public Library. You can watch live on YouTube or register for the Zoom link. It’s a free event. Check it out here.

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Editor: Barbara Harris Leonhard

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Amazon Best-Selling Author, Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir (EIF-Experiments in Fiction, 2022); Pushcart Nominee, 2022

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