Elms in Spring

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Elms in Spring

April 13, 2019 by Betty Hayes Albright

Baby leaves unfurl

from trees planted long ago —

tendered new in spring.

Originally posted in 2012… revised.

(Photo from 2012)

Posted in haiku or senryu, Poetry 2010 - present | Tagged elm trees, Gaia, Haiku or Senryu, leaves, poem, Poetry, renewal, spring | 34 Comments

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on April 13, 2019 at 6:13 pm | Reply House of Heart

Beautiful Betty!

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- on April 14, 2019 at 1:18 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thanks very much, Holly!
  
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  - on April 14, 2019 at 1:32 pm | Reply House of Heart
    
    It’s so true Betty. A pleasure!
    
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on April 13, 2019 at 6:57 pm | Reply awisewomansjourney

So tenderly pretty! ❤

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- on April 14, 2019 at 1:19 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thank you, Deborah ❤️
  
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on April 13, 2019 at 7:21 pm | Reply memadtwo

A tree is a wonder from start to finish! (K)

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- on April 14, 2019 at 1:19 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  I think so too, Kerfe. 🙂
  
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on April 13, 2019 at 10:15 pm | Reply slpmartin

Spring brings many of nature’s wonders.

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- on April 14, 2019 at 1:20 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Yes to spring – always inspiring! 🙂
  
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on April 13, 2019 at 10:54 pm | Reply Sharon Bonin-Pratt

You made me smile – lovely, Betty.

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- on April 14, 2019 at 1:20 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  So glad it made you smile, Sharon! 🙂
  
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on April 13, 2019 at 11:05 pm | Reply smilecalm

like!
new
again 🙂

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- on April 14, 2019 at 1:22 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Yes!
  it is 🌲
  Thank you for reading, David. 🙂
  
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on April 14, 2019 at 12:23 am | Reply diespringerin

Happy Spring! :o)

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- on April 14, 2019 at 1:23 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Happy Spring to you also! 😊
  
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  - on April 14, 2019 at 9:53 pm | Reply diespringerin
    
    🙏❤️☮️
    
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on April 14, 2019 at 9:46 am | Reply willowdot21

Glory glory nature 💜💜

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- on April 14, 2019 at 1:24 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  I agree, Willow – glory glory nature! 😊💚🌲💚
  
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  - on April 14, 2019 at 3:05 pm | Reply willowdot21
    
    💜🌻🌼🌸🌺🌷🥀🌹💮🌱🌿🍃🍀☘️🍂🍁🌾🌲🌴🌵🌵
    
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    - on April 14, 2019 at 3:12 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
      
      Lovely, lovely! 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐🤗
      
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on April 15, 2019 at 7:16 pm | Reply Bela Johnson

We hardly ever saw Elms back east. Dutch Elm Disease pretty much wiped them out in New England. Fun to witness this single trembling leaf. 😘

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- on April 15, 2019 at 7:16 pm | Reply Bela Johnson
  
  Or three 🙃
  
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  - on April 20, 2019 at 3:55 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
    
    😆
    
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- on April 20, 2019 at 3:55 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  I love elm trees, though had to leave mine behind when we moved six years ago. They’re subject to disease here too…. don’t know if they’re still alive. ❤️
  
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  - on April 20, 2019 at 4:26 pm | Reply Bela Johnson
    
    😕
    
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on April 16, 2019 at 8:50 am | Reply The Cheesesellers Wife

Lovely!

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- on April 20, 2019 at 3:56 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thanks, Kim!
  
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on April 22, 2019 at 12:35 pm | Reply wyco

Lovely work as always!

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- on April 24, 2019 at 6:08 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thanks for your kind words, Wyco – it’s good to hear from you,
  
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on April 29, 2019 at 7:01 am | Reply Sue Dreamwalker

Always love it when new shoots spring forth Betty.. Unfortunately for two of my Acer trees they sprang their tender shoots just as Jack Frost came and bite them in the bud.. I am hoping they recover.. But at the moment they look pretty sad..

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- on April 29, 2019 at 1:43 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Sorry to hear about your Acer trees…. hope they try again. We had a late frost here too a couple of nights ago and I’m crossing my fingers for all the new growth. 🌱💚
  
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  - on April 30, 2019 at 5:45 am | Reply Sue Dreamwalker
    
    They look pretty sorry for themselves, but I am leaving them as they are, I read up and I can prune back, but the wood is green on the tips and alive, so I will let nature do her thing.. Hope your own plants survive the frosts. ❤
    
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    - on April 30, 2019 at 3:19 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
      
      Well, speaking of that, I just discovered that our favorite ornamental maple tree also got bitten by the frost last week. Unfurling new leaves are all shriveling up! Waaa! 😥 I’m hoping the same – that the tree will try again. Let me know how yours do. ❤️❤️
      
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      - on May 3, 2019 at 6:54 am | Reply Sue Dreamwalker
        
        We have a sharp frost forecast again for tonight so I am covering up my Jasmine which is starting to flower.. The frost got it last year and I lost all the foliage, but I had it covered until a few weeks ago.. Sorry to hear about your Maple Betty.. I am hoping Nature heals our trees too.. ❤
        
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