Excellent Hailu: 3-5-3 word & 5-7-5 syllabled Haiku - see notes Spring poem by Mark D. R. Poem for Spring writing prompt entry Artwork by avmurray at FanArtReview.com

small white crocuses layer the four leaf clovers ~ squirrels scurry 'bout Writing Prompt Write a poem for spring. You can not use the words: flower, buds, blossoms, rain, new. Author Notes web search: A simpler, "free-style" version of haiku is called the lune. A lune can be about absolutely anything. The writer of a lune does not have to count syllables. The first line in a lune is three words, the second line is 5 words, and the third line is 3 words. My personal concoction or amalgam of 5-7-5 syllable Haiku and 3-5-3 word Lune by Jack Collom is named 'Hailu. Thanks to avmurray for artwork.

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