Spring 2024: Up My Nostrils

Not-So-Valiant Attempts at Haiku by Jonathan E. Magen

Spring 2024

Wild violets thrive in light.

Wordlessly expanding?

As we all must!

Spring breeze so soft.

Ruined by gnats,

Up my nostrils.

אין עדיפות לשמש

אף פעם יש הקלת אוויר יבש

בחם היום

Daffodils precede tulips.

Shockingly colored blossoms

Heralding new growth.

New grass warmed by sun.

Clovers flower without fear,

Heedless of the mower.

Another "surprise" rainstorm.

Fat raindrops falling fast on,

To sturdy plants.

הירוק חזר לעצים

יש שוב את הצל

אבל גם הלחות

I don't like heat.

Though my skin is far,

Less dry in spring.