31 days into May

wonderful Maytime
blossom and buttercups
two thousand eighteen
.
not a cloud in azure sky
all month- just for the record
.
Elaine Patricia Morris (c) 2018
(tanka)

30 days into May

cafe culture
anonymity-
comfort in white noise
.
Elaine Patricia Morris (c) 2018

29 days into May

fingered horse chestnut
leaves playing summer music-
flower candles stand
.
Elaine Patricia Morris (c) 2018

28 days into May

nature’s gentle touch
soft heart shaped leaf of lime-
infant tenderness
.
Elaine Patricia Morris (c) 2018
(haiku)

26 days into May

Japanese poems
syllabic count five seven-
endless combinations
.
Elaine Patricia Morris (c) 2018

25 days into May

a worrying start
hospital procedure day-
back at home resting
.
excuse to relax and read
let someone else cook dinner
.
Elaine Patricia Morris (c) 2018
(tanka)

24 days into May

wood pigeon builds nest
wind has other ideas-
nature not as one
.
Elaine Patricia Morris (c) 2018
(haiku)

23 days into May

nature’s surprises
late spring or early summer-
buttercups and yorkshire fog
.
Elaine Patricia Morris (c) 2018
(katauta)

22 days into May

thought echoes bring home
dreams of changeability-
the first step hardest
.
Elaine Patricia Morris (c) 2018
(haiku)

21 days into May

I want to lie down
in a field of buttercups
cool grass all around me
earth beneath me sky above
.
Elaine Patricia Morris (c) 2018
(naani)