Roberta Writes – d’Verse, spring blossoms haibun #poetry #jacarandatrees

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Frank’s d’Verse challenge today is as follows:

Satisfy your thirst for seasonal color! Write a haibun that alludes to either Fall foliage or Spring blossoms.

You can join in here: https://dversepoets.com/2024/10/21/haibun-monday-10-21-24-fall-foliage-or-spring-blossoms/

The veterans

The twin lines waver down both sides of the street. Aging sentinels attired in their uniforms of jacaranda blue, sport polished silver buttons which sparkle brightly in the spring sunshine.

A gentle breeze shakes the branches releasing a shower of purple confetti. A nearby bird bursts into excited courtship song.

The environment pays tribute to these revered spring veterans.

Aging sentinels

Smart in jacaranda blue

Silver buttons shine

And, of course, there are pictures:

Picture caption: Street lined with jacarandas taken away from the sun
Picture caption: The same street lined with jacarandas but taking the picture into the sun. Amazing how the light differs.

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76 thoughts on “Roberta Writes – d’Verse, spring blossoms haibun #poetry #jacarandatrees”

    1. Thank you, Pat. I do love the jacarandas and we won’t have them for ever. No new jacarandas may be planted now as they take to much water from the underground reserves. These trees are not indigenous to South Africa.

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  7. Love your poem, Robbie!

    The Jacaranda trees are magnificent! I fell in love with the first pic you ever sent me. (for AG&HG)

    YES, lighting is a huge study. It used to drive me crazy how much time the DOP would be given to light a shot for 1 scene in a movie. Then the lighting department would have sucked up all the time and Wardrobe would be running like idiots getting the actors to set…in wrinkled clothes and trying to make them look as best as possible.

    Now that I take pics, I get it! Actually, Glad I paid attention to the lighting. It’s helped me.

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    1. Hi Resa, light is very important for photography and painting. I am learning, learning about it. It is incredible how the light in these two pictures, taken at the same time on the same day just one photo up the road and one photo down the road, changes the sky and the colour of the trees and blossoms.

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      1. Lighting is definitely a study, and a learning process.
        It is for sure one of those things where the more you learn, the more you realize how much more there is to learn.
        Even just taking a good photo of my drawings is a challenge.

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  20. That purple is beautiful! And I can see how you call them sentinels, with the trees being so tall. Also, I like your description of the blossoms as “purple confetti” when the breeze knocks them loose.

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