Exceptional 3/8/5 Contemporary Spring Haiku One Thousand Cranes : Flower Moon by Gypsy Blue Rose Ekphrastic poem is inspired by a picture or work of art

flower moon balances on cherry blossoms — boughs bounce in the breeze   Recognized Author Notes KIGO Spring (cherry blossoms) Contemporary Haiku: one to four lines, 17 syllables or LESS. No rhymes. Alliteration and metaphor are okay. These poems utilize a caesura (pause) The essence of haiku is cutting (KIRU) represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideas separated by a (KIREJI) dash or ellipsis (~ .... ) Images are taken from human nature or nature. Here is an example: in the woodpile the broken ax handle the haiku foundation.org source: Modern Haiku.org May's full Flower Moon reaches peak illumination at 7:14 A.M. (EDT) on Wednesday, May 26. Thank you very much for taking the time to read and review my poem. Gypsy

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