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Neon-lit flowers
spill from their wooden barrel,
“Catch me if your can!”
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Young evergreen trees
reach out their limbs for a hug
and I shall comply.
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(c) 2018Β Betty Hayes Albright
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(Photos from my back yard, yesterday…)
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Two very delightful verses!
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Thank you, Charlie! π
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Summer soul alight
Effusive and bedazzling
Ephemeral force
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Love your haiku, Sharon. β€οΈ
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I’m learning from you.
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I’m honored! β€οΈ
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Practically horticultural Shahai (photo-haiga). Iβd be tempted to hug those young evergreens too!
My very best,
Paul
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Thank you, Paul! I shall have to look up “Shahai”.
My very best back to you!
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Green trees, pink flowers
Welcome both sun and shower
Summertime in bloom
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That’s a lovely reply, Ben. πΈπ
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Grateful for the inspiration. π
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You might be happy to hear that Skipping Stones arrived this morning.
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Yes, very happy to hear you have a copy! Thank you for ordering one, Ben. π
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That’s what I call a plant nursery!
Enchanting lines again.
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Thank you so much!! βΊοΈ
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You’re welcome!
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Lovely words and photos, Betty, and I will gladly hug back. π β€πΌπ»
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Thank you, Lauren! π»ππ¦π
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Love this latest poem of yours and the photos to go with it! Look forward to some more new writes from you. Hope you are well and enjoying the sun. π
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Thank you, Renee – I’m hoping my muse will stick around. It does help to have the nice weather! Hope you too are well, and enjoying the summer weather. βΊοΈπΌ
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Beautiful Betty π
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Thanks very much, Willow! Sorry to be so far behind reading blogs again. Hope to catch up with yours this evening. Hope you’re having a good night! β€οΈ
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Struggling a little π
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Just going through my backlog of notifications and discovered you haven’t posted anything in a couple of days. Hope all is well, Willow. β€οΈβ€οΈ
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Hi Betty how are you keeping. I am not feeling too good. I shall be trying to post soon. Just managing to keep up with reading posts and commenting at the moment.π
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Thinking of you β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
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The colors of summer (K)
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Yes, and I swear some of those colors glow in the dark! Thanks, Kerfe. π
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poetry that gets me physical
with nature!
nice, Betty π
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Glad you liked – thanks again, David! βΊοΈ
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this made me smile, hugging trees is a grand thing my friend β€
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I think so too, Kim. Thank you! πβ€οΈ
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Nature at its best, captured perfectly by you.
Tim
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Thanks very much, Tim. π
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