Welcome to those who would like to submit your own haiku and celebrate the nature in your state. I am gathering haiku for the state birds and state flowers of these Western states: California, Nevada, and Arizona. Please post haiku about the birds and flowers for each state in the Comments section below.
California
Bird: California quail
Flower: California poppy
Nevada
Bird: Mountain bluebird
Flower: Sagebrush
Arizona
Bird: Cactus wren
Flower: Saguaro cactus blossom
Please post haiku you have written below (and no worries about following 5-7-5 syllable counts), and please include your name and general location.
California Poppy
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winter poppies spring up
along the freeway
--Sherry, from my new book, Land Shapes
Nevada Sagebrush
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sage scent off the plains
lost in windbreak pines
--Sherry
Quail Crossing
ReplyDeleteMother quail
Dashing fast through the road
Tiny quails follow
--Laura, age 8, Northern California
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ReplyDeleteBluebird and Plant Poems by Nikita V.
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snap! snap! snap!
Eyes sparkle in the sun
plants smile at me
red blue orange green
any color
Quail and Roadrunner Poems by Laura S.
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Bobbing through roads
Children hustling to keep up
Crown like a queen
Roadrunner
running at top speed
running quickly through the roads
very skilled at running
Bird Poems by Allison C.
ReplyDeleteA Quail
With a beaked queen's crown,
it shall have a fat body
with small tiny feet.
Roadrunner
A little blur runs
being speedy, fast and loud,
having long, long feet.
Bird Poem by Alice Kight, Pleasanton, CA
ReplyDeleteBaby Birds
Balls of speckled fluff
Roll merrily here and there
California quail