Spring is Imminent - a Lune

I went with the prompt for today.  Last night's bout of un-inspiration and lack of kid-free evening time encouraged me to choose something today that I could write on my coffee breaks instead of after the kids go to bed.  As much as I am NOT a fan of the Haiku, I kind of think this works! I'm pretty pleased. 


"Today’s optional prompt is to write a lune. A lune is a sort of English-language variation on the haiku, meant to better render the tone of the Japanese haiku than the standard 5-7-5 format we all learned (and maybe loved) in elementary school. There are a couple of variants on the lune form, but just to keep things simple, let’s try the version developed byJack Collum. His version of the lune involves a three-line stanza. The first line has three words. The second line has five, and the third line has three. You can write a poem that consists of just one stanza, or link many lune-stanzas together into a unified poem. Happy writing!"

Rain splatters pavement

Iceways form as I slumber

Spring is imminent

Sunshine hides behind

Dark and dreary cloud cover

Spring is imminent

Mud puddles pooling

Along roads and on sidewalks

Spring is imminent

Blue sky northerly

The clouds slowly blowing south

Spring is imminent

Brilliant clear overtakes

The clouds dissipate to wisps

Spring is imminent

Coat in morning

Shirt by the midday outing

Spring is imminent

Winter blues lifting

I feel happy and hopeful

Spring is imminent!

-Laura Freeman-

April 4, 2014