Aug 26, 2010

Raise Up, Reach

Raise up, reach, young trees
Let your canopies unfold:
Skies alone hold you!

















Thank you to Jingle for the beautiful award!
This was written for Thursday Poets Rally.

28 comments:

Anonymous said...

There couldn't have been words any more perfect than these for a butterfly!!!
Lovely!!! I love butterflies, and I had written a haiku for them myself... :)

Totally loved yours!!!
Happy Rallying! :)

Jingle said...

super cute,
yes, I will link you in,
:0

Jingle said...

perfect words,
your post makes me smile!
:)

Anonymous said...

love love love the haiku! sometimes the fewest words mean the most :)

Anonymous said...

i love haiku! and yours is wonderful!

Christine said...

Thank you for your comments and encouragement! The Rally rules!

Anonymous said...

I love the Haiku! great imagery.

Amanda Moore said...

Lovely Haiku I love doing them myself. I wanted to wish you a happy Birthday!

Heartspell said...

Sweet words in the trees. Heartspell

Amanda said...

These words spoke to my heartxx Thank you x

RA said...

Congrats on the award! Lovely haiku to present it :). Have a wonderful weekend.

Thoughtsnotlost said...

Love this! Such a great sentiment. Thank you for commenting on my blog as well.

Victoria Ceretto-Slotto said...

Excellent haiku--I love that form.
Victoria

Ankita Singhal said...

wow...
sweet haiku.... keep it up :)

Anonymous said...

I love this...especially the last line.

Anonymous said...

love that last line :) beautiful.

Vinay Leo R. said...

ah, Christine.. this is just wonderful haiku :D well said..!

my entry for the rally is The Butterfly Lover :)

Christine said...

Thank you so much for all of your encouraging comments and insights! And to Jingle, who invited me into one amazing community!

Anonymous said...

Enjoyed this thoroughly!

JP

Jingle said...

http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/thursday-poets-rally-week-27-awards/

Happy Monday,
5 awards 4 u, enjoy!

simply open a page titled awards, display them, feel proud...
the first 3 awards are not to be passed on,

Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...

http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/sunday-news-flash-plus-awards/

community awards plus Rally information!
Happy Tuesday!

Anonymous said...

I'm impressed with the mental picture you were able to create in so few words. Thanks for sharing!

Unknown said...

Nice work - both joy and vitality in an economy of words.

Christine said...

Thank you all for your wonderful, thoughtful comments.

Jingle said...

have a fun day!
hope to see you in the Rally tomorrow.

Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...

http://thursdaypoetsrallypoetry.wordpress.com/2010/09/11/the-perfect-poet-award-4-poets-rally-week-28/

award notice.
Thanks for the contribution!
Happy Friday!

you can still attend the Rally if you want to.

Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...

http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/awards-from-the-blogging-universe/sweet-princess-award-4-female-community-members/#comment-18296

awards for you.

support us by linking in 1 to 3 poems to our poetry potluck…

not necessarily related to the theme, any old poems would work.

Lilly said...

"let your canopies unfold"...love that line...:)