Please forgive me for temporarily totally losing my cool. I just learned through the Dutch Haiku Association that my haiku got an honourable mention in the 7th Basho-an International English Competition 2024! Getting such recognition in Japan is one of my ultimate 'WOW'- moments!😄 📄.pdf

a sweet waft of azalea mollis my garden perfume #dailyhaikuprompt - azalea mollis #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #spring #gardening #flowers #bloomscrolling @Daily Haiku Prompt @poetry group @haiku group

so vulnerable the green of young lettuce leaves in early spring #dailyhaikuprompt - green #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #spring #gardening @Daily Haiku Prompt @poetry group @haiku group

early spring plowing, sowing, raising my food-to-be #dailyhaikuprompt - till #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #spring #gardening @Daily Haiku Prompt @poetry group @haiku group

tropical day the refreshing sensation of cool water #dailyhaikuprompt - water #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity @Daily Haiku Prompt @poetry group @haiku group

small songbirds easier heard than seen nature's sopranos #dailyhaikuprompt - waarbler #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #garden #nature #birds @Daily Haiku Prompt @poetry group @haiku group

first sunny spring day a daffodil hesitates to start blooming #dailyhaikuprompt - bloom #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity @Daily Haiku Prompt @poetry group @haiku group

beach walk the amazing sound of an empty shell #dailyhaikuprompt - shell #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity @Daily Haiku Prompt @poetry group @haiku group

solitary pollard willow hanging on, just Vincent van Gogh - Knotwilg Den Haag, juli 1882 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (aankoop met steun vd VriendenLoterij, de Vincent van Gogh Stichting, de Vereniging Rembrandt en haar Themafonds Prenten en Tekeningen, het Mondriaan Fonds en het VSBfonds) One from the vaults, first published on Mastodon, 12 March 2023. #dailyhaikuprompt - willow #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #VanGogh @Daily Haiku Prompt @poetry group @haiku group

awaiting pregnancy test results swelling buds #dailyhaikuprompt - buds #haiku #haikuart #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity @Daily Haiku Prompt @poetry group @haiku group