ENGLISH SUMMER FRUIT ~ PERFECTION ~ HAIKU

BRIAN & ANGELA

 

 

STRAWBERRIES ~ English

best in the World ~ sweet ~ juicy 

with cream ~ Wimbledon !

 

RASPBERRIES ~ ripe ~ plump

and succulent ~ they taste best 

plucked straight from the bush !

 

BLACKBERRIES ~ bursting 

with flavour ~ best stewed with apple 

in pie ~ serve with cream

 

BLACKCURRENTS ~ sharp and

juicy ~ cook ~ with sugar ~ cool

then serve with ice cream

 

GOOSEBERRIES ~ unique

flavour ~ stew with sugar ~ serve

hot in a crumble !

 

REDCURRENTS ~ delicate

flavour ~ my MUM grows hers in

fruit cage ~ birds love them ! 

 

Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Love BRIAN

 

These poems are presented as ENGLISH HAIKU  5~7~5 syllables

 

All these fruits can be sampled World Wide ~ in Tiptree Jams.

Tiptree is in Essex ~ which is the county I live in near London.

 

  • Author: BRIANSODES (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: June 24th, 2017 10:36
  • Category: Nature
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  • Fay Slimm.

    A mouth-watering array of juicy haiku - - each fruit selected is full of yummy perfection . Delicioussssss to read and of course to eat .

    • BRIAN & ANGELA

      Thanks FAY ~ I am biased of course ~ but I am sure you will agree the English Strawberries do have a unique flavour and the same is true of the other soft fruits ! I am also very proud to find Tiptree Jams in Hotels ~ Worldwide ! Yours BRIAN

    • Louis Gibbs

      Thanks for introducing me to English haiku, Briansodes. Delicious poem!

      • BRIAN & ANGELA

        Thanks LOUIS ~ English Haiku ~ should be about Nature & the Seasons. A perfect English Haiku should have 17 English Syllables arranged in 5 7 5 triplet. If it is not about Nature it is called a SENRYU ! Some Poets find 17 syllables to restrictive so we have the English TANKA which allows a further 14 syllables (5 7 5 7 7) which are to add clarity to the POEM. Hailu ~ Senryu & Tanka should not rhyme ! These rules all get broken but I am not too critical because ~ to the reader (or listener) ~ the CONTENT (message) of the Poem is (to me) more important than the form ~ OK Thanks for your comment ~ BRIAN

        • Louis Gibbs

          You are obviously a student of poetic expression. I commend your knowledge and appreciate the information you have shared ... many thanks, Briansodes!

        • orchidee

          A tasty write B.

          • BRIAN & ANGELA

            Thanks STEVEN ~ pleased you savoured it ! BRIAN

          • Michael Edwards

            Fruit every day - love it and love the haikus.

            • BRIAN & ANGELA

              Thanks MICHAEL ~ I've given you SIX (to match the visual) ~ but there are BLUEBERRIES and many more besides ! In my inner MUSE such a topic ~ cries out HAIKU ME ! ~ BRIAN

            • Christina8

              Reminds me of going through my grandmas garden as a child, until I got to the blackcurrents. Never had them I don't think.. Wonderful selection of Haiku that brought back beautiful memories! Thanks for sharing! Berry Hugs-Christina

              • BRIAN & ANGELA

                Thanks CHRIS ~ I was salivating writing it. At my MUM\'s fro Lunch today ~ with Angela ~ and we has fresh raspberries from the garden with vanilla ice cream and fresh double cream. My MUM has always grown \"soft fruits\" ~ she loved the poem and all the comments. She has always encouraged me to read and write Poetry. Because my Dad is a Wordsmith (Newspaper Man) we always had lots of Art and Poetry books in the house. Because Births ~ Marriages ~ Deaths ~ Hatches ~Matches ~ Dispatches ~ came under my Dad\'s department he was very good at composing (short appropriate) Poems for each phase of Life ! Thanks for commenting ~ Juicy Hugs ~ BRIAN



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