A Haibun Reply

A haibun reply:

I envy you, hope it has been inspirational for you, and reading your last haiku I think it has! My concern, or argument for no title is a traditionalist based ideology, for if a haiku does not paint a paint a picture, or as I said, 'Speak for itself' then it will struggle. My haibun for this day of May, spring nearly done. I am really thinking, 'Done in'!

seasons falling foul climate change a threat to spring... insects all confused
I sat comfortably observing nature, macro wildlife, far and few between. Today no butterflies, then I reflect, it's mid-morning, the sun still warming, defrosting the cold winter spring night. Mid-day life stirs, a holly blue, a large cabbage white, doomed. Already extinct in my garden the wall brown, not seen for over twenty years. I'm filled with despair, what fruits will summer bare? I sit pondering pollution; why do we humans leave things until it is to late, left until the last moment? Plastic bags killing giants of the oceans, microplastics' probably, slowly killing us. Oh, my apologies I digressed.
hot days freezing nights summer winter both in spring... wildlife confounded

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Date: 5/20/2018 5:55:00 PM
Hello Mick,I like your haiku reply.Hey if you want a title that is up to you. If don't that is fine to.I always have a title with my haiku.spring had a late start so Spring is confused. I also agree with your poem about nature. Yes Spring is confused with winter haging around too long. Have a nice day my friend.
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Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 5/30/2018 10:27:00 AM
Mick, ||i do think that you made your point. have a nice day my friend.
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Mick Talbot
Date: 5/21/2018 12:29:00 AM
Darlene It's a haibun reply Of course you can please yourself it's what the majority of the human race does hence the trouble our world is in What I am trying to impress on people is a tradition haiku by the masters was never titled and if signed they used a pseudonym Modernist to my mind show no respect for the format We dont ignore our own traditions so why do we disrespect others May all your days be nice Sorry no punctuation space saving
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