Wendy Watson Poet Haiku

Windfall

treasures of childhood
pride of the horse chestnut tree~
ready to conquer

20 August 2019

‘Conkers’, the shiny brown seeds of the horse chestnut tree are collected and used in a traditional British children’s game whereby the conkers are threaded onto a string and each child takes turns to strike until one breaks!

‘Tree themed haiku poetry contest’ sponsored by Tania Kitchin

(Syllable count checked 1 -by ear 2- PS syllable counter)

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Eve Roper August 22, 2019 at 11:42 PM Congratulations my friend. Hugs Eve

Susan Ashley August 22, 2019 at 9:41 PM Lovely imagery, Wendy. Congratulations on your wonderful win. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Andrea Dietrich August 22, 2019 at 6:19 PM Nice one, WEndy. Congrats on your win.

Kim Merryman August 22, 2019 at 2:45 PM A lovely haiku, Wendy! Congrats on your win! Blessings, Kim

Jan Allison August 22, 2019 at 2:13 PM I love the word play with conquer, many congratulations on your win wendy:-) hugs Jan xx

Line Gauthier August 22, 2019 at 2:12 PM Fun nostalgic gem, Wendy. Congrats on your win.

John Gondolf August 22, 2019 at 8:26 AM Nice play on words, Wendy, congrats on your win. John

Jeanne Mcgee August 22, 2019 at 7:22 AM I love the image of children playing the game. Well done and congrats!

Anne-Lise Andresen August 22, 2019 at 6:11 AM - Congratulations on your lovely winning poem, Wendy :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Janice Canerdy August 20, 2019 at 8:48 PM Great tree-related topic choice, Wendy! Janice

Chris Green August 20, 2019 at 9:46 AM Love the poem and the notes. What a cool little thing for me to learn today. Thank you for sharing that. Chris Green August 21, 2019 at 9:07 AM I will admit, I did read the notes and found the game you described fun and interesting but I did not catch the play on words in "conquer" and "conkers". That was cute. We do have horse chestnut trees in the U.S. but they aren't as prevalent as some other species. Wendy Watson August 20, 2019 at 4:40 PM Thank you for taking the time to both read and comment,Chris. I wasn’t sure whether Americans had such a tradition or indeed whether such trees grow outside GB. I hope that people read the notes so that the play on words in the last line isn’t missed.