Waiting #midnighthaiku

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

First flowers open

Eager anticipation

Winter’s chill recedes

Imagination opens

Blooms and blossom yet to come

For Colleen’s poetry challenge

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Sue Vincent is a Yorkshire-born writer and one of the Directors of The Silent Eye, a modern Mystery School. She writes alone and with Stuart France, exploring ancient myths, the mysterious landscape of Albion and the inner journey of the soul. Find out more at France and Vincent. She is owned by a small dog who also blogs. Follow her at scvincent.com and on Twitter @SCVincent. Find her books on Goodreads and follow her on Amazon worldwide to find out about new releases and offers. Email: findme@scvincent.com.

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20 Responses to Waiting #midnighthaiku

Sadje says:

January 8, 2020 at 05:58

Isn’t it wonderful, the anticipation for new season to arrive.

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- Sue Vincent says:
  
  January 8, 2020 at 06:28
  
  I’m watching the early spring bulbs come up already 🙂
  
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  - Sadje says:
    
    January 8, 2020 at 09:07
    
    That’s great. Life cycle carrying on.
    
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    - Sue Vincent says:
      
      January 8, 2020 at 09:10
      
      🙂
      
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      - Sadje says:
        
        January 8, 2020 at 11:09
        
        👍
        
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willowdot21 says:

January 8, 2020 at 08:02

Beautiful Sue, we had similar thoughts 💜

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- Sue Vincent says:
  
  January 8, 2020 at 08:09
  
  I think many of us are looking forward to spring ❤
  
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  - willowdot21 says:
    
    January 8, 2020 at 08:11
    
    Yes we are 💜
    
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Anita Dawes says:

January 8, 2020 at 09:13

Yesterday I noticed just how busy nature has been already, a good sign for an early Spring?

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- Sue Vincent says:
  
  January 8, 2020 at 09:58
  
  Hope so…but we know fickle the weather is.
  
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Jennie says:

January 8, 2020 at 16:33

Lovely!

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- Sue Vincent says:
  
  January 8, 2020 at 17:26
  
  Thanks, Jennie.
  
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  - Jennie says:
    
    January 8, 2020 at 17:33
    
    You’re welcome, Sue.
    
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H.R.R. Gorman says:

January 10, 2020 at 03:38

I hate when flowers pop open because the plant gets confused about what season it is due to unseasonal warmth… not what the poem was really about, but it reminded me of it.

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- Sue Vincent says:
  
  January 10, 2020 at 06:13
  
  It was inspired by a garden that seems determined to believe it is spring. Even the anemones are in bloom.
  
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  - H.R.R. Gorman says:
    
    January 10, 2020 at 14:35
    
    Oh wow, hope it doesn’t frost and screw them all to pieces.
    
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    - Sue Vincent says:
      
      January 10, 2020 at 15:03
      
      It is getting colder, but a close inspection shows buds on many of the spring flowers we planted and even the roses are flowering, growing…and supporting a new batch of aphids.
      
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      - H.R.R. Gorman says:
        
        January 10, 2020 at 15:34
        
        Oh wow! Aphids already?
        
        Global warming must be real.
        
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        Sue Vincent says:
        
        January 10, 2020 at 15:40
        
        The seasons are certainly out of sync here this year.
        
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Vashti Q says:

January 16, 2020 at 23:27

Lovely Tanka and picture, Sue. 😀

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