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Showtime for Spring

Showtime for Spring

yellow sprinkles spring
 with daffodils and crocus ~
  sunbeams tickle boughs

pink petal flurries
 spring breathes out apple blossoms ~
  puddles of color

lavender shadows
 splash in a lilac perfume ~
  purple eclipse glows ~

orange bathes in dawn
 painting the poppy meadows ~
  showtime for tulips

shooting star flowers
 borrows blue from sapphire skies ~
  rainbow confetti

woodlands spawn teardrops
 non-pariels of snowdrops ~
  moontime coronas

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Marikate Kingston

Date: 9/28/2024 8:51:00 PM

"yellow sprinkles spring" Ohhh, what a wonderful line and an introduction to your poem. "puddles of color" Gosh, how pretty. "splash in a lilac perfume". I can almost smell the scent. Your poem just gets lovelier and lovelier as I read.

Regina Elliott

Date: 6/8/2024 4:57:00 AM

A huge Congratulations, Sam, for a beauteous spring set of haikus. Quite lovely. Enjoy your June weekend. Blessings :)

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/9/2024 3:06:00 PM

Hi Regina, Thank you so much for sharing in the boisterous lovely rainbows of spring! It is truly a riot of color and joy right beneath our eyes and noses. It was such fun to celebrate this season. Sending you my gratitude and many blessings of early June!!

Jim Slaughter

Date: 5/29/2024 11:14:00 AM

Wonderful haiku, Sam...and very easy to see why it is/was a contest winner.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 5/29/2024 11:26:00 AM

Thanks so much, Jim! Spring is such a vibrant season of revival, color and texture! I was so honored with the win. Sending you all the blessings of spring joy!

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 5/24/2024 6:42:00 AM

Deliciously delightful Haikus. Congratulations on your win in the premier contest.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 5/24/2024 11:26:00 AM

Thank you so much for your lovely note of congratulations and delightful feedback, Richard! While I do love every season, even winter, there is something so special about spring! Maybe growing up in the NW gave me a special appreciation of spring days after a long season of rain! Blessings to you for a joyful, warm, spring!!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/17/2024 1:40:00 PM

A well deserved win here. Congrats to you. I wonder which contest. One of Brian's maybe? It's so colorful

Sam Kauffman
Date: 5/24/2024 11:21:00 AM

Thank you so much, Andrea! It was one of Brian's contests. I do love writing haiku for his contests. There is such a riot of color in spring. Hard not to be inspired! Hope you are well! Blessings.

Valsa George

Date: 5/16/2024 9:03:00 AM

Oh talented poet, I enjoyed the beauty and charm of spring flowers that have blossomed through your gifted pen. This poem suits so well to the spirit and mood of spring time. I have always noticed that you are a master in the haiku form. I enjoyed wallowing in your 'puddles of colors'! Hearty Congratulations dear Sam on your well deserved trophy win.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 5/24/2024 11:20:00 AM

Dearest Valsa, thank you so much, sweet friend. Spring is such a contrast to the starkness, grey-white, world of winter. Spring seems to cuddle up to sleeping trees and flowers gently waking them into vibrant colors and textures with a soft breath. Suddenly, almost without noticing, we watch the world come alive! I do love to write haiku. It challenges me to look intently at nature's realm, to be aware like a little kid finding dandelions growing through sidewalk cracks. Thank you so much for sharing in this spring joy! Blessings to joy to you!

Sam Kauffman
Date: 5/24/2024 11:19:00 AM

Evelyn Judy Buehler

Date: 5/15/2024 10:16:00 PM

Sam, your poem is simply breathtaking, with its lovely expressions and colorfully vivid imagery. This is a fave. Congratulations on your well deserved win. :)

Sam Kauffman
Date: 5/24/2024 10:38:00 AM

Thank you so much Evelyn for your delightful note of congratulations and for the honor of your fav. Spring is such a riot of colors, it was fun to enjoy their beauty through this poem. Blessings of spring joy to you!

Janice Canerdy

Date: 5/7/2024 2:21:00 PM

Sam, CONGRATS on your win with this vividly descriptive tribute to spring~~wonderful haiku suite! Janice

Sam Kauffman
Date: 5/8/2024 10:42:00 AM

Hi Janice! My heartfelt thanks for your note of congratulations! We have had a very rainy winter and now that spring is here, color and flowers are popping out all over the place! Definitely a joyful and magical time! Thanks for sharing this delight with me. Blessings!

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 5/6/2024 9:58:00 PM

Amazing writes.... love these. Love Spring. Wonderful writing. and, Congratulations. God bless you. love, Gina

Sam Kauffman
Date: 5/7/2024 11:39:00 AM

Dearest Gina, I am just delighted that you loved these haiku! Your message made my morning. Thank you for that blessing, dear friend. With all of our rain this winter, spring has been a glorious riot of color and renewal. Even though I enjoy winter, spring is magical! It must be beautiful in the mountains right now! Sending you hugs, blessings and much love!!

Vijay Pandit

Date: 5/1/2024 1:20:00 PM

Beautiful poem Sam--well deserving of the accolades, BIG congrats on your trophy win.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 5/7/2024 11:31:00 AM

Thank you so much, Vijay! After all of our rain this winter, our spring has been amazing. Fun to give homage to all of the beauty. Winter can be so somber. For me, spring is just full of joyful mischief. Blessings to you!

Paige Hind

Date: 4/26/2024 8:01:00 PM

Gorgeous- congrats on the win, well deserved, loved the last stanza, such a beautiful image

Sam Kauffman
Date: 5/7/2024 11:27:00 AM

Hi Paige! Thank you so much! Spring can be such a showoff bursting in yellows and longer days! Just had to have some fun in this beautiful season. Blessings of spring joy to you!

Smita Kulkarni

Date: 4/23/2024 10:49:00 AM

A vivid description of spring splendor, Sam. Beautifully penned. -Smita

Sam Kauffman
Date: 4/23/2024 10:54:00 AM

Hi Smita! Thank you so much for your lovely compliments! I am so glad you were able to feel the joy of spring and revel in this amazing season through this poem. Sending you blessings of spring joy!

Ink Empress

Date: 4/20/2024 4:22:00 AM

Dear samszy, beautiful use of colors to depict spring and flow in such seamless rhythm, in the form of haiku! Youv written a very artistic take and i love so many lines in this especially, “ lavender shadows splash in a lilac perfume ~ purple eclipse glows ~” so gorgeous! I always have a thing for lilac and lavender and also love how youv written “ eclipse glows” as well as the ending! Beautiful! Soul warming really and fitting for the mood right now for many! Congratulations on your win too

Sam Kauffman
Date: 4/22/2024 11:12:00 AM

Dearest Inky! I couldn’t help but think of you, and your intrinsic understanding of color especially in poetry, when writing this poem. Thank so much for your beautiful feedback that warmed my heart. I am so happy we get to share the beauty of this amazing season! And, yes, I too love lilac and lavender especially in sunsets! Take care, dear friend. Sending you blessings of joy!!

Ann Peck

Date: 4/19/2024 4:26:00 PM

This is beautiful, Sam, and so welcome! I really love "orange bathes in dawn." So much beautiful color! I love spring.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 4/19/2024 10:19:00 PM

Thank you so much Ann. I just love looking at a spring garden filled with every color of the rainbow! Truly it is a welcoming sight. It was so much fun to spread out that rainbow in each haiku! I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Blessing.