Tanka for my Mother

a true Libra, she

needed beauty and colour

red, yellow, blue, green

the artist splashed a rainbow

on canvas to free her soul

Imitate the Sun, oil painting by Frances Etlin-Rapoport

Daily Haiku Prompt: red

Detour

Canada geese take a

detour in protest of the

evil southern winds

Photo: Getty images

(Daily Haiku Prompt: Geese)

Daily Haiku Prompt: Wild

waitress auditions

to get bigger tips as she

dramatizes the menu

acts out the daily special

she serves wild rice with panache

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-dancing-monkey-dance-gif-3790182910027680828

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egMWlD3fLJ8

Time Magician

soft guitar music

shrimp and white wine

on the patio

magenta-streaked sky

typical Key West sunset

at Mallory Square

the snake charmer

was charming but

had too much wine

need to leave now

"hurry up but walk slowly

and don't make me laugh"

impossible requests

you did two of them

but you did make me laugh

Harmony

three voices singing:

pure gold harmony in a

Brian Wilson tribute

I wanted to listen to some Carly Simon music (because I Haven't Got Time for the Pain, with my sore elbow) and came across this gem, 

In My Room, with Carly Simon, David Crosby, and Jimmy Webb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKj6309Gx_o

Unexpected

it's March, barely spring

wisteria vine surprise--

first purple flower

wisteria won't

bloom until its seventh year--

mine waited for nine

This happened when we lived in our house. There were lots of green leaves climbing the fence but I had given up on ever seeing a flower.

https://boreal-owl.livejournal.com/62556.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZj032MNIx4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9IwBJYTwQ0

Literary Quotes

 "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to a dictionary."

            - William Faulkner about Hemingway

"Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"

            - Ernest Hemingway about Faulkner