first azaleas

first azaleas—
how effortlessly hours pass
unnoticed

DW Bender
February 17, 2008

first azaleas—
yet I have wasted a day
viewing photographs!

DW Bender
February 17, 2008

and older spring haiku:

returning warmth—
so close I can only hear
your unspoken words

DW Bender
from From the Trees, haibun