Jan Allison Poet Haibun

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Picture from the Internet - it is not my garden! 

Summer Has Arrived

Summer is here - how I love this time of year!  My garden’s filled with sweet scented wallflowers and pretty pansies. Vibrant butterflies are flitting from flower to flower and bees are busy buzzing, pollinating the xanthic melon and courgette flowers. Purple and pink petunias are cascading like a colourful waterfall from two wall baskets. I grab my gardening gloves and set to work with my red watering can giving the parched flowers a much needed drink. Using my garden kneeler is a blessing as I find weeding the fruit and vegetable patches is such backbreaking work!. As I'm weeding I listen to a blackbird singing sweetly as she bathes in the bird bath. I can't help smiling as a friendly robin redbreast flutters down next to me, pecking at caterpillars which are chomping away at the foliage. The summer sun is beating down and I am feeling exhausted, so it's time to sit in a deckchair and relax with a cooling drink, enjoying the natural beauty that surrounds me.  


scarlet strawberries
ripe and ready for picking
scarecrow waves straw arms 

Haibun contest
Sponsored by Mick Talbot

Entered into Favourite Poem of June 2018
Sponsored by Dear heart a.k.a Broken Wings

There is a good deal of poetic licence in the poem!

6/8/18

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Susan Gentry July 27, 2018 at 5:16 PM Awww I remember this garden! Back to congratulate you again for your win again. Jan Allison July 28, 2018 at 2:32 AM Thanks Susan:-) hugs Jan xx

Constance La France July 26, 2018 at 7:05 PM Jan, congratulations on your win in my contest, this is a beautiful Haibun and I can see why it is your favorite July win ! Jan Allison July 28, 2018 at 2:32 AM Thanks Constance I really enjoy writing this form:-) hugs Jan xx

Charlie Smith July 25, 2018 at 12:13 PM Congratulations Jan, wonderful write... Jan Allison July 25, 2018 at 12:14 PM Thanks so much Charlie:-) hugs jan xx

Charles Messina July 25, 2018 at 6:02 AM I think I told you before on this one...Great write Jan! Congratulations on you win...hugs // Charlie Jan Allison July 25, 2018 at 11:58 AM Cheers Charlie I was delighted to place so well:-) hugs jan xx

Janice Canerdy July 24, 2018 at 10:11 PM What a lovely WINNING poem, Jan! Janice Jan Allison July 25, 2018 at 11:57 AM Thanks Janice:-) hugs jan xx

Sandra Haight July 24, 2018 at 7:40 PM Such beautiful imagery in your lovely poem, Jan. Congratulations on your First Place win! Hugs, Sandra Jan Allison July 25, 2018 at 11:57 AM Thanks Sandra:-) hugs jan xx

Sara Kendrick July 7, 2018 at 5:26 PM Enjoyed reading this one. Congrats on your winning work. Sara Jan Allison July 7, 2018 at 5:29 PM Thanks Sara:-) hugs Jan xx

Mick Talbot July 7, 2018 at 6:47 AM Oh the joy a haibun can bring, recording days of summer bliss, colours, sounds, nuturing flora, a meal unpicked, yet to ripen! Thank you for sharing your delights, and I feel a reward is due. A win, first place, well earned, congratulation dearest Jan, hugs Mick Mick Talbot July 8, 2018 at 4:26 AM Quote Jan “Many thanks Mick I am so delighted to place so well in your contest, I do enjoy the challenge of this form:-) hugs Jan xx”, unquote. Hey its an honour to have you participating, thanks Jan, hugs Mick Jan Allison July 7, 2018 at 11:16 AM Many thanks Mick I am so delighted to place so well in your contest, I do enjoy the challenge of this form:-) hugs Jan xx

Charles Messina July 6, 2018 at 10:17 PM I am now craving strawberries...lol Beautifully Written Jan, Congratulations on your win...hugs // Charlie Jan Allison July 7, 2018 at 1:32 AM come on over, I am picking them every day... we need some rain as the fruit are not forming as well as I had hoped but the raspberries are now doing well:-) hugs Jan xx

Eve Roper July 6, 2018 at 9:36 PM Great imagery and love the Haiku :) Congratulations on your win! Hugs Eve Jan Allison July 7, 2018 at 1:31 AM Thanks Eve:-) hugs Jan xx

Susan Gentry July 6, 2018 at 2:57 PM Congratulations on your win. A beautiful haibun full of imagery. This makes me want to be there, the fragrance so pleasing. Well done! Jan Allison July 6, 2018 at 3:46 PM I wish it was my garden for real!:-) hugs Jan xx

Roy Pett July 6, 2018 at 7:15 AM Congratulations on your well deserved win Jan, the images you have created are absolutely beautiful, well written. :)) Jan Allison July 6, 2018 at 3:46 PM Thanks so much Roy:-) hugs Jan xx

Kim Rodrigues July 5, 2018 at 4:15 PM Jan, lovely haibun in all ways! Vivid imges! Love the haiku! Congrats on first place! Jan Allison July 5, 2018 at 5:06 PM Thanks so much Kim:-) hugs Jan xx

Charles Messina June 20, 2018 at 7:32 AM This is wonderful Jan! ...Good Luck in the contest! Hugs // Charlie xx Jan Allison June 20, 2018 at 3:58 PM Thanks Charles:-) hugs Jan xx

Janice Canerdy June 10, 2018 at 7:20 PM Flows like a lovely song, Jan! Janice Jan Allison June 11, 2018 at 6:23 PM Many thanks Janice:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen June 10, 2018 at 6:37 AM - This is made of nature's melody and scented by a beautiful summer garden ... beautifully described, Jan - Best wishes in the contest - Happy Sunday :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Jan Allison June 11, 2018 at 6:23 PM Many thanks Anne-Lise:-) hugs Jan xx

Pat Adams June 9, 2018 at 3:07 PM Nice Jan. I like it! A winner as far as I'm concerned! Jan Allison June 11, 2018 at 6:22 PM Many thanks Pat I hope I have got it correct for Mike:-) hugs Jan xx

Probir Gupta June 9, 2018 at 8:51 AM Beautiful reality ... Beautiful haibun ... Jan Allison June 11, 2018 at 6:22 PM Many thanks Probir:-) hugs Jan xx

Tom Cunningham June 9, 2018 at 3:10 AM Lovely piece Jan, summer is definitely the feel good season without a doubt. Good luck. Tom Jan Allison June 9, 2018 at 3:46 AM It definitely does brighten one's spirits. Wish you were nearer and you could have some of my strawberries I am heading for a bumper crop!:-) hugs jan xx

Lyric Man June 8, 2018 at 8:51 PM Love all the colorful pics and classic lines.. Summer is a time to take a chance. Keep risking, Jan!! Jan Allison June 9, 2018 at 3:45 AM Got Abba take a chance on me running through my brain lol:-) thanks Chance:-) hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich June 8, 2018 at 7:42 PM Poetric license that you used VERY well, Jan. Love what you did here. I need to get busy on MINE Jan Allison June 9, 2018 at 3:44 AM Thanks Andrea I hope the licence doesn't expire for many years. I have a seriously huge crop of strawberries forming and in a few weeks I will be swamped with a strawberry mountain - no scarecrow just netting but I loved the image lol!:-) hugs jan xx