Poetry Friday September 9, 2022
Carol at Beyond Literacy Link is hosting the roundup today.
Haiku of the Week
beyond pink petals
the mouth of the flower cave
made for bees and beaks
Photo and Haiku © 2022 Marcie Flinchum Atkins
What I’m Reading
How to Haiku: A Writer’s Guide to Haiku and Related Forms
by Bruce Ross
I bought this book second-hand. It’s a great craft book that goes over haiku, senryu, and other forms.
20 Comments
PATRICIA J FRANZ
Between your camera and your haiku, you open up the natural world in new ways! Thank you!
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Thank you so much!
Linda Baie
It does seem “made for bees and beak” but is it the other way round? Did they adapt in order to have the ability to get that nourishment? Beautiful honing in for the photo, Marcie!
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Good food for thought! Who knows? (Maybe an orthnithologist?)
Jone MacCulloch
I really enjoyed your photo haiku.
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Thank you, Jone!
Mary Lee
I’ll never look at my foxglove the same way! (Still waiting for the neighborhood hummer to find it…or maybe I just haven’t seen it sipping.)
Another perfect pairing of words and image!!
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Thank you! This was captured at the US Botanic Gardens! Wish I had them in my yard.
Margaret Simon
“The mouth of the flower cave” is clever and invites me to look more closely at the inner workings of a flower. Thanks for the teaching resources!
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Thank you so much!
Carol Varsalona
Marcie, I watched a bumble bee enter flowers this summer. Your clever wording is bringing me back to those moments of summer wondering.
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Oh so glad! Thanks for reading!
Rose Cappelli
Stunning! Thank you for taking me into the mouth of the flower cave.
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Thanks for reading!
Molly Hogan
What a beautiful image poem! I love the close up photo and how it, along with your words, invites us to re-see the structure and relationships.
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
So glad! Thank you!
Michelle Kogan
Yes the mouth, ready for the bees to climb in and slumber out, lovely, thanks Marcie!
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Thank you!
Karen Edmisten
Beautiful pairing! Ah, the wonders of nature. ❤️
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Right? Nature amazes me everyday. I just have to be sure to LOOK!