A spring walk on a sunny afternoon in our Everett neighborhood is filled with color, scents and smiles! I sometimes stop and check the book titles offered along the way. A box without books but a sign caught my eye – “PAUSE FOR POETRY”. You have a special invitation to “pause for poetry” and read four Nan Harty haiku! Haiku has a special place in the spring! Haiku captures a single moment, lingers longer, finds beauty in little things and engages us in unexpected ways!
Tim
Nan Harty has written poetry for over twenty years with themes of nature, place, and people. A “community poet” with something to say quietly in concert with poets who gather and share in libraries, and bookstores, and living rooms all over the Northwest. She is a member of Poets Table in Seattle. She has published a book of poems, THE TELLING OF THE TREES.
FOUR "SPRING" HAIKU
POEMS BY NAN HARTY
Two Canada geese
Return each spring to our pond
Legal border cross
White blossoms toss in
a brisk breeze, I am grateful
more remain than gone.
All greens are here,
another paint by number spring,
masterpiece each time
Huge caterpillar,
pink, blue, orange green yellow,
reads a book with me.
CREDITS:
Writer: Nan Harty
Photographers: Lee Lageschulte, Lorelie Olson, Toni Olson, Lukas Kadava
Graphic Designer: Tim Olson
Editors: Lorelie & Tim Olson
To read Nan Harty’s previously published poem, “Stepsister” – click here
