a stream meanders
like the path my feet follow
where do they travel?
meander by Angie Quantrell
Kruckeberg Botanic Garden
Seattle, Washington
Join us next Wednesday, August 14, when Danna Smith, author of many haiku and rhyming works, will join us and give us tips, strategies, and ideas for writing our own haiku poems! I’m so excited! Plus, she’s giving away not one, but TWO copies of her Poetry Pop journals! Mark your calendars now.
Wednesday. August 14. Poetry Pop. Haiku. #haikumoment
heart of sunflower
beams joy to avian friends,
buzzes, and humans
heart of sunflower by Angie Quantrell
Yakima Valley
sweet zinnia nectar
and florescent colors call
flutter-bys, come sip
come sip by Angie Quantrell
Yakima Valley
freebie flowers rise
stretch sunward, calling insects:
dinner special now!
dinner special by Angie Quantrell
Yakima Valley
peek-a-boo face stares
swims, plays coy in the wet sand
rocky bed for fish
rocky bed by Angie Quantrell
tiny dancer spins
skirts aflutter, graceful waltz
garden pirouettes
tiny dancer by Angie Quantrell
Yakima Valley
wands waving hello
enticing all to inhale
fragrant garden queen
garden queen by Angie Quantrell
Woodinville, WA
a sea of green and
purple flows in and out, calls
buzzes to visit
purple buzz by Angie Quantrell
Yakima Valley, chives and buzzes
hot melty day means
shade magnet, but first admire
sun hula hooping
by Angie Quantrell
Yakima Valley
ruffles dance graceful
beneath bower and sunshine-
spring waltz and hurrah
pink snowfall gently
whirls, flutters, pirouettes, rests
ethereal gown
spring waltz by Angie Quantrell
Yakima Valley
Love, Laughter, and Life 