snow covered park bench
features spot of brilliant red
cardinal perches
bird watcher’s delight
in eastern United States
nonmigratory
male of species vibrant red
female brown with red accents
rendezvous in sun
hummingbird's plight on ocean
solo odyssey
June 25, 2022
Nature-themed Summer Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Syllables checked by HMS.com
FIRST PLACE
Brian Strand's Premier Haiku Contest
Notes: The ruby-throated hummingbird is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Canada and other parts of Eastern North America for the summer to breed. It is by far the most common hummingbird seen east of the Mississippi River in North America.
During migration, some birds embark on a nonstop 900-mile journey across the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean from Panama or Mexico to the eastern United States.
Wikipedia
I
When one falls out of love / marriage, if there's respect enough to remain friends then LOVE has triumphed over evil.
II
I am in RSA, South Africa for short. My ex-wife lives in the Eastern United States. Almost two years ago she welcomed my best friend from Johannesburg / Lenasia, his wife, and their son. I sent $700.00 only as Christmas gifts for my two daughters with VJ family, and sreceived precious Christian gifts in return. In Valentine's week and month, I thank Jeus, LORD - SAVIOR -PRESIDENT that bitterness is gone between my ex and I. I call her my best friend in the USA ( GREAT MEN - friends Jim Link and Henry G. Dorsett, passed on). I believe more than my education, and excepting Salvation in Jesus, no achievement is as precious to me as that of being best friends with my ex. Hallelujah. All praise & honor to LORD Jesus.
Poems Appreciate and Enjoy
Am thinking about taking this to the
President of the local Senior Center
as support for starting a weekly poetry
reading there. Am also wondering if I
can safely say I have posted more poems
on Poetry Soup then any other poet who
lives in the South Eastern United States.
How many words will a picture be worth? (At least 1,000)
When it is God who put us here on earth
To assist and always help each other out
And with His Spirit shall start to shout.
Even though I am old with much senility
(Next Year 75 married for 50 years)
To write poems God gave me the ability
That is always being with the understanding
My poems depend upon what others are demanding.
Weekly poetry readings at a Senior Center
And even maybe making me into a mentor
Who can and will motivate others to write
Poems and them to poetry readings invite.
May only want to listen like some others do
Which really is only thing that they want to
And then Poetry readings they all will come
Poems enjoy reading and also hearing some.
James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
RiverSea Plantation
Bolivia, NC
Mysterious monarch of the sky micro fauna like the moth to the flame drawn to sweet purple perfume A spotted furry winged tiger colored wanderer enters a wistarian chapel wed like a vining Myrtle tree blooms clustering like grapes sipping the nectar wine Not wasting precious moments dancing with her soul mate foundation laid instars to golden chandelier in the house of wistaria Aging changing bursting forth a new starlet flutters high - by John Beam - Wisteria (also spelled Wistaria or Wysteria) is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that includes ten species of woody climbing vines native to the eastern United States and to China, Korea, and Japan.
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