A gogyoshi for Frank’s challenge. https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http://frankjtassone.com/2018/02/24/haikai-challenge-22-2-24-18-barely-spring-haru-asashi-haiku-senryu-haiku-tanka-haiga-renga/&data=02|01||2caf53d4b6e5469e109308d57ba761b7|84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa|1|0|636550881178780870&sdata=97wwKfKCuVnJCWpEzm7e+SRmttSXgHbZEgTj/4vLqc4=&reserved=0
Barely Spring
barely spring – the daffodils
nod in the cold sun and
crabapple trees burst into pink bloom –
cold and rain forecasted for tomorrow –
barely spring, it is expected
crabapple tree
kanzen sakura 
Feb 24, 2018 @ 14:25:23
What a gorgeous gogyoshi, Toni! Thanks for sharing it!
Feb 24, 2018 @ 14:59:49
Don’t forget to post your link to Mister Linky. 😉
Feb 24, 2018 @ 16:11:45
Lovely–and yes, I suppose it is expected.
Feb 24, 2018 @ 19:13:28
Barely spring is a fickled little girl, isn’t she!
Feb 25, 2018 @ 06:49:05
I love crabapples! The fruit as well as the tree. I remember there were loads of crabapples around the children’s playground where we went in Paris. Gypsies used to pick the fruit and the Parisian parents would tut tut saying it was poisonous. I’d have picked them too if it hadn’t meant climbing a wall and scaling the wire fence at the top.
Feb 25, 2018 @ 13:54:37
I make crabapple jelly every year. A friend of mine has several trees and I go over and pick a bushel of the little things. the blooms are gorgeous just on their own. Very sour little things, they make a wonderful jelly.
Feb 25, 2018 @ 14:58:27
We had a tree in Yorkshire and my mother made crabapple jelly. We used to eat the fruit too. I don’t remember it being tart but thresholds were maybe different then 🙂
Feb 25, 2018 @ 15:15:00
Kids love sour things!
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Feb 25, 2018 @ 15:17:02
You could be right 🙂
Feb 25, 2018 @ 09:09:28
Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #3: Toni’s latest #gogyoshi for my current #haikai challenge!
Feb 27, 2018 @ 11:24:05
I love the gogyoshi form and the daffodils nodding! :o) xxx
Feb 27, 2018 @ 12:02:01
Thank you Xenia. It is one of the most simple forms ever. Five lines…that’s it! Hugs and love to you, Eivor, and Pearl. When is Eivor going to write something again?
Feb 27, 2018 @ 12:30:26
Thank you Toni! Eivor has been co-writing a fair bit this year – I will ask him if he would like to write something on his own again 😉💖 xxx
Feb 27, 2018 @ 12:43:38
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