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Spring Haiku

Spring haiku 




Vivid colours splashed,
Nature celebrates *holi,
Is onset of spring !






Written March 11th, 2015
For contest "Traditional haiku" by Debbie

*Holi is a festival of colours in India wherein vibrant colours derived from nature are splashed over each other to mark celebrations, denotes the onset of spring !

Awarded HM

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Jack Ellison Date: 3/20/2015 2:00:00 PM Congrats! Methinks spring has FINALLY arrived here in Canada! YEE HAW! Love and hugs, Jack xx Login to Reply

Eve Roper Date: 3/16/2015 5:14:00 PM love the imagery a 7 congratulations on your win Login to Reply

Debbie Guzzi Date: 3/13/2015 2:36:00 PM Upma hon you have 3 parts - and past tense!-here- I will show you two parts [vivid colors splash/ on the holi celebrants:sneezes and laughter] no capitalization because haiku is open ended the reader must have the ability to decide for himself what comes the moment before and after. Congratulations on your winning verse. Light & Love Login to Reply

Andrea Dietrich Date: 3/12/2015 10:13:00 PM hey, another person did Holi too!! i bet it is so wonderful. Congrats on winners' list. Login to Reply

Jan Allison Date: 3/12/2015 12:40:00 PM Dropping back with my congrats:-) Hugs Jan xx Login to Reply

Julia Ward Date: 3/12/2015 9:03:00 AM "Vivid" is a good word in a poem... I must use it in one of mine. Julia, xx Login to Reply

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/12/2015 7:55:00 AM :) beautiful Dr. Upma.. :) I have read some of the festivals celebrated in India and they are really are colorful. :)! //olive eloisa Login to Reply

Jan Allison Date: 3/11/2015 5:56:00 AM You captured the image perfectly - good luck in the contest:-) Hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Dr. Upma A. Sharma Date: 3/11/2015 8:14:00 AM Thnx Jan!