girl on a swing (haibun)

Tournesol Haibun, Haiku, The Carrot Ranch 2016-05-062018-11-21 1 Minute

Emily eats her cookie on the swing in back of the cottage surrounded by rose bushes, plum trees, a cherry tree and several milkweeds. She loves how the grass is tall and she can crawl on her tummy and pretend she’s in the jungle. The grasshoppers often play dead on a blade of grass and she can outstare any bug and make it jump away.

The blossoms sure looked pretty, she thought as she passed a fallen petal gently on her cheek; it felt like Mommy’s silk scarf.

http://www.emagazine.com/earth-talk/monarch-butterflies-in-sharp-decline

child seeks a challenge
caterpillar stares her way
on the milkweed

Written for The Carrot Ranch in 99 words, no more, no less.

Published by Tournesol

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Published 2016-05-062018-11-21

8 thoughts on “girl on a swing (haibun)”

Charli Mills says:

2016-05-07 at 01:52

Such a beautiful journey to the other-world at our feet. And yes, as children we tend to see it more wonder than as adults.

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1. Cheryl-Lynn says:
  
  2016-05-07 at 03:40
  
  Thanks so much! children tend to uncomplicate things.
  
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Norah says:

2016-05-09 at 11:02

Beautiful! I’m a sucker for anything butterfly! 🙂

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1. Cheryl-Lynn says:
  
  2016-05-10 at 01:20
  
  Yeah, me too…thanks:)
  
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Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:

2016-05-10 at 08:34

Lovely. You’ve made me wish I was a child again and could crawl on my tummy through the grass.

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1. Cheryl-Lynn says:
  
  2016-05-10 at 19:06
  
  Well there is nothing stopping us to do it and if anyone asks what we’re doing we could say, we’re looking for a contact lens. Wouldn’t that be hilarious having the neighbours all get on their tummies crawling 😉 Oh my, I really like that image!
  
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  1. Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
    
    2016-05-12 at 03:48
    
    I like that image too. 🙂
    
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  2. Cheryl-Lynn says:
    
    2016-05-12 at 04:24
    
    Let the blades of grass tickle your chin! 🙂
    
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