HAPPY cHINESE nEW yEAR
It is 4705, year of the Pig
I went to a Chinese buffet and eat like one!!!
I have met a Pig-person this year and i wish him the best of years this year.
I was in Victoria for a few days last week and went to Chinatown for a few New year's goodies and essential herbs and teas for my larder.
I was asked to write some rose haiku for an upcoming book published by Angela Leuck in Quebec later this year. She has asked many haijin around the owrld to contribute and i am pleased that she has also asked me again. She has been publishing a series of flower haiku books. I did some tulip haiku for her a couple of years ago.
My book has been selling well in Vancouver and i need to re-
print soon. Hugh Bygott is still revising it. I will add some new haiku and a few new photos. I will be leaving out the personal dedications, due to the fact that i left out a number of people and they are upset.
i have joined the Tanka Association of America. I am going to concentrate on tanka this year. The longer lines and syllabels gives me more scope to say a bit more.
Here are a few Rose haiku i did this week and some last year.
Late winter today
the rose bushes now pruned down
promise of scents soon
The misty garden
yellow petals falling down now
as her tears flow down
Valentine's day here
she waits all the day for the
sign of his caring
In his large letter
the rose petals falling out
tears softening them
After she rose
her scent lingerd
will he miss her
A purple rose
with silver glitter
the latest thing
