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Spring Garden Party

Spring Garden Party

Spring’s garden party
Bright poppies dance with lilacs
Pink crocus frolic
Fields of yellow mustard sway
Frisky paperwhites rollick

3-4-22
Contest: Springtime Beauty Tanka Contest
Sponsor: M.L. Kiser

Copyright © Sam Kauffman | Year Posted 2022

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Paula Goldsmith Date: 4/10/2022 10:49:00 AM Congratulations on this win. A creative write. Can I join the party??? Sounds like a ton of fun. Have a great spring day with blessings.................... Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 4/12/2022 11:33:00 AM Paula, know that you are always on the guest list! So much fun to share my garden with a fellow flower lover! Thank you for your note of congratulations and lovely compliments. Looking forward to seeing you at the next party! Blessings! Happy Easter my friend!

Andrea Dietrich Date: 4/8/2022 9:13:00 PM Back with my congrats. I would have scored this gem higher Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 4/12/2022 11:30:00 AM Andrea, I am deeply touched by your lovely message. Thank you. Had fun in this garden of floral delights. Happy Easter to you!

Andrea Dietrich Date: 3/8/2022 1:15:00 PM just now seeing your note to me below. So glad you were inspired by that one word!! Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 4/12/2022 11:28:00 AM You are so welcome! Thank you again for your ever inspiring inspiration that you model so beautifully! Blessings my friend!

Bill Baker Date: 3/7/2022 10:49:00 PM Nice Tanka, Sam. Nice to see all the different flowers express themselves in different ways. They're all beautiful as their authentic selves. Much like humans. Have a great week! Bill Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 3/8/2022 10:43:00 AM Many thanks Bill! I like your perspective that flowers are as beautiful in their authenticity as humans when they are authentic! Sounds like a poem for your pen! So enjoying your visits. Blessings to you!

Vijay Pandit Date: 3/7/2022 5:24:00 PM Enjoyed the garden party, Sam. Lovely colors of spring in this splendid poem. Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 3/8/2022 10:41:00 AM Thank you so much Vijay. So happy you could join the garden party! Spring blossoms really are a jubilant celebration in a riot of color and scent that decorate our world with their beauty! Sending you blessings of spring!

Valsa George Date: 3/6/2022 10:25:00 PM All those beauties have collected together to arrange a garden party not only for them but for us too to partake of it ! Simply splendid Sam... ! All the Best in the contest, dear poet friend ! Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 3/7/2022 9:56:00 AM Valsa, sending you my gratitude for your lovely message. It is a joy to share this garden of spring delights and walk with you through this garden's beauty. so grateful for your message and your vest wishes! Sending you blessings dear friend!

Harry Horsman Date: 3/6/2022 9:08:00 PM Sure does take one there, Sam, Lovely poetry. Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 3/7/2022 9:52:00 AM Harry, thank you! Thank you for taking a stroll through the garden with me. In my mind there is no greater compliment to a poet than knowing their words can put another poet into the mood and scene of their poem! So grateful! Sending you a spring garden of blessings!

Andrea Dietrich Date: 3/6/2022 11:15:00 AM I think this is an amazing tanka. Bet it scores high!! Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 3/7/2022 9:48:00 AM Thank you so much Andrea! Your lovely words are like a garden party of spring to me! And I have to thank you for the word "rollicking!" This is a word you used awhile back and it came to mind when thinking about the rumpus of spring. Many blessings and good thoughts coming you way!

Sara Kendrick Date: 3/4/2022 2:38:00 PM Reads like a good contender for the contest. Way to go. Amazing how the flowers and blooms upon the trees come alive to let us know that there is hope for beauty once again. Your visit to my page was uplifting. Sara Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 3/7/2022 9:45:00 AM Hi Sara! The change between winter and spring is like watching a curtain lift and we, the audience, get to witness, and are blessed by, this amazing performance. Your lovely message brought joy to my heart. Thank you many times over. Blessings of joy to you!