Wednesday 16 February 2011

as if tomorrow
would never come -
snowdrops

8 comments:

Brian said...

The play on "snowdrops" gives these harbingers of spring greater depth.

Beautifully crafted, beautiful haiku.

John McDonald said...

delightful Paul
john

Frank... said...

The timeless snowdrop - a lovely haiku, Paul...

Dave Serjeant said...

nice one Paul

bazza said...

Snowdrops have a special place in our conciousness as you have illustrated so well!
Bazza’s Blog ‘To Discover Ice’

Devika Jyothi said...

Nice sets Paul...the butterfly and snowdrops -- :)

some how both reminded me of Gandhiji's quote -- "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever"

wishes,
devika

Kristin Riggs said...

Just lovely, Paul. I really enjoyed this one!

Paul Smith said...

Thank you all. I'm happy to see that this poem touched each of you in its own way.