in response to Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge #357
Use High (I used far beyond) and Refresh (I used redeem) in an haiku.
I will fly away
far beyond silent treatment
redeem my suffering
May 2021, remembering a time I felt left out, then smiled a way forward. First I was hurt, then I redeemed the occasion.
First day with glasses. I am fourteen.
“Oh, look, Jean has glasses!”
From him who wears glasses.
I want to disappear.
Fifty years go by. I ask if he remembers.
He does not. The memory is mine.
We were good students.
It was the glasses.
those face masks we wear
quite scarce in the beginning
now, they wayside lie
you confounded me
yellow-headed hummingbird
wearing a cap of pollen
I was puzzled by the two yellow-headed hummingbirds around the blooming Brittlebush in the Sonoran Desert. They are pollinators along with other vertebrates!
Vertebrate pollinators include bats, non-flying mammals, including several species of monkey, rodents, lemur, tree squirrels, olingo and kinkajou, and birds such as hummingbirds, sunbirds, honeycreepers and some parrot species.
rising, descending,
Bajada Trail trumpeted
morning melodies
Brittlebush chimed yellow,
cacti countered with magenta,
desert morning song
by Jean J Luce
after March 23, 2021 hike, Bajada Trail, South Mountain, Phoenix, AZ
I have been gone for awhile. This is a test that I have reinstated the account access.
Today I hiked a new trail in South Mountain Park (Phoenix), bought local produce and pecans, had lunch at Wendy’s and now I am ready to check out for a long nap. BTW there aren’t many Wendy’s restaurants around and I love their french fries. They did not disappoint!
summer elegance
green, stately, silent approach
will you stay or leave?
preying mantis eyes
silently approach, unfazed
we meet in wonder
the Creator birthed
me and thee, preying mantis
sharing summer space
Copyright Aug. 29, 2020
by Jean J Luce
The poet and the Corona virus
Poet shares voice
shouts on paper, about
Virus injustice!
Jean J Luce, June 20, 2020
Olives skewered, glide
Break gin and vermouth surface
Rest on rim of glass
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge #309 Use Break&Glass.
Jean J Luce, June 14, 2020
SEAT-MATES
Seated together – my established white hair and his restless 40 years.
We were bound for Phoenix, home for me, a plane change for him.
He had a lot to say, many questions. He was excited about airplanes, hamburgers, a vacation. His sister would meet him in Yuma, his mother saw him off in Vancouver.
An airline escort checked on him.
What food do you like? I had barbecue last night. Do you like barbecue? I like pork chops too. Do you like . . .
I produced a book of poetry as an escape, he ordered more coffee and five sugar packets.
He asked what I was reading. I read aloud a poem by Emily Dickinson.
We should think about these words, I say.
We offered feelings about the few stanzas; we listened; we talked.
As we concluded he rubbed his hands together and announced,
That was fun! Let’s do another one.
different wavelengths
read poetry together
in the troposphere
Jean Luce
revised May 29, 2020
My first haibun!
Jean Luce 