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Blueberries

picking blueberries
    from fruit laden bushes--
         a snake slithers by

7/3/15

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Darlene Gifford

August 24, 2015 at 5:25 PM

To get to that tasty blueberry bush we have to face the serpents! Reminds me of Adam and Eve in God's Garden. Thanks for visiting my poem, Jan, and I've read some of your other recent contest poems as well. So good luck in the contests. :) Darlene

Kim Merryman

August 28, 2015 at 7:31 PM

Thank you, Darlene! I appreciate your comment.

Sara Kendrick

July 21, 2015 at 8:24 AM

Not fun to face the snakes in the gardens..Enjoyed reading your creative work..Thanks for the visit to my page..Sara

Constance La France

July 18, 2015 at 5:10 AM

Kim, wonderful 7 and so beautifully beautiful, you have captured haiku to perfection and thanks for visiting my haiku 13

Kim Merryman

July 20, 2015 at 5:21 PM

Thank you, Constance and you are welcome!

Kp Nunez

July 17, 2015 at 2:36 AM

This is nice Kim! I enjoyed reading the readers' account of memories related to the subject as well as the jaiku itself. hugs

Kim Merryman

July 20, 2015 at 5:21 PM

Thank you, Kim, but I must confess that this haiku wasn't based on a memory. A photo of a snake in a blueberry bush was in our daily newspaper and that's what inspired me.

Terry O'Leary

July 14, 2015 at 4:43 PM

Blueberries are great... admit it, your haiku too... a critic dithers by... ;-)

Kim Merryman

July 20, 2015 at 5:19 PM

Thanks for the witty comment, Terry!

Phyllis Babcock

July 8, 2015 at 2:47 PM

Reminds me of picking mushrooms with my mom and came across a pack of garter snakes. Did we ever get out of that place fast. Not sure what a bunch of snakes are called. Anyway watch picking those berries. love phyl

Kim Merryman

July 8, 2015 at 4:58 PM

Oh my! I would have high-tailed it out of there, too! Thanks for commenting, Phyllis!

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

July 7, 2015 at 10:01 PM

Blueberry picking reminds me of my grandma. When I visited her in New Jersey as a little girl, she would take me picking. I have wonderful memories, and I'm happy I never saw any snakes! Great haiku, Kim! Hugs, Rhonda

Kim Merryman

July 8, 2015 at 4:57 PM

Thank you, Rhonda! I'm glad my haiku stirred up good memories.

Paul Callus

July 5, 2015 at 2:57 PM

Excellent imagery, Kim. I have been mulberry picking...fingers all dyed dark purple! #7

Kim Merryman

July 8, 2015 at 4:55 PM

Thank you, Paul!

Cona Adams

July 5, 2015 at 2:53 PM

Ooh, how I love to actually be in the field to pick berries. Sneak a bite for me.

Kim Merryman

July 8, 2015 at 4:54 PM

Thanks for stopping by, Cona! To be honest, I've never picked blueberries. This haiku is based on a photo in our local newspaper, of a snake in the middle of a blueberry bush.

Anne-Lise Andresen

July 5, 2015 at 1:30 PM

- I've just eaten a bowl of blueberries with vanilla sauce ....... Mm.mm.m ..... thankfully no snake :) - It's too early to pick berries here yet :) - A great haiku, Kim :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Kim Merryman

July 8, 2015 at 4:52 PM

Thanks for stopping by, Anne-Lise!

Andrea Dietrich

July 4, 2015 at 9:36 AM

I enjoyed this image, Kim! So you are numbering your haiku. You are building up quite a collection of them.

Kim Merryman

July 8, 2015 at 4:51 PM

Thank you, Andrea! Since haiku aren't supposed to have titles I decided to start numbering them. The problem with that is I can't remember what each numbered haiku is about. So now I'm numbering them and then putting a dash with a brief description.

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