Selections from Ukku Spring Haiku 2006 |
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an auburn leaf moves on the maple — the first robin! I was sipping tea on the balcony when I noticed — grabbed my camera and went rushing outside — just in time to see it fly away. no valentines — but the next day a robin |
bleak winter an artist peers into spring |
not yet spring — the population at 6.5 billion According to the US Census Bureau's estimate, on Feb. 25 2006 the world's population reached 6.5 billion. There is an ongoing countdown at world population clock |
grey morning — a flurry of robins on the mountain ash |
spring chill packed-away winter coats brought out again |
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Laryalee Fraser |
Laryalee Fraser is a former reporter, now enjoying gardening, photography, poetry and being a granny. Her haiku and haiga can be found in several publications, and her main project in 2006 was an anthology of haiku: a procession of ripples. |
The other contributors were Aurora, John Barlow, Jason Sandford Brown, Norman Darlington, Dustin aka Texas Haijin, Eric Dutton, Little Onion, Matt Morden, RedGreenBen, Sangeet, Timothy and Yansidara.