Two poems of mine were just published in the May 2015 issue of ‘cattails,’ the lovely online publication of the United Haiku and Tanka Society. I am truly honored once again by being included in the company of such excellent poets. My thanks to all of the editors, and especially to the main editor, an’ya.
The first is a haiga. My thanks to my good friend, Debbie Nemer Suggs who gave me permission to use her lovely photo (c) 2015 with my haiku.
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and the other poem is a haiku:
Rosehips by Midori
petals fall—
we gather rosehips thinking
only of tea
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Photo by Tanya of Lovely Greens Blog
A Poet in Time 
I like the contrasting states of mind portrayed in these two lovely, delicate poems. In the second one, the narrator apparently misses–at least for the moment–the larger significance of falling petals, thinking “only of tea.” But in the first, she perceives the whole universe of possibilities unfolding in the fiddlehead. How often we all move between these differing states of perception.
Lovely insights. In pairing these two together in one blog posting, it does add a new dimension. Thank you for such astute observation. 😊
It always feels good to visit your blog for morsels like these two!
My thanks for being such a kind visitor. 😃
Both pieces were beautiful, Mary.
Thank you, Suzanne.
love these Andrea >
Thank you. 😊
Reblogged this on Tournesol dans un Jardin and commented:
Two beautiful haiku I had to share here from Mary Kendall’s blog, “A Poet in time”
May I reblog your post…I would love the members of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai see this. Perhaps you would be interested in visiting this blog for our daily haiku prompts http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.ca/
Yes, you may reblog this. I’m glad you’d like to do that. I will certainly come look at the prompts and responses. Cheers!
Thanks so much:)
Congratulations Mary; both works are very worthy inclusions.
Thank you kindly, Hariod. I’m happy you like them 😊
Oh wow! both are haiku actually…your first is a most beautiful haiga. I love fiddleheads too:)
Many thanks. Yes the first is a haiga which is a haiku too. 😊 I’m delighted you like both. Fiddle heads are amazing.
Just love them!!
The poems and the photos are lovely, Mary! Congratulations! 🙂
Thank you! I loved writing them. 💕