Charmed Chaos
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#Haibun: Mesquite Tree
The mesquite tree outside my window is flourishing. In a matter of weeks, it has gone from skeletal gnarled limbs to a lush spring green haven for the hordes of birds.
I gaze at it for hours and sometimes, in the luminous sunlit haze, I imagine it growing before my eyes.
woodpecker tapping
quivering delicate leaves-
harmonic birdsong
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
Author’s Note: Today is the halfway point in this year’s NaPoWriMo. Toni is hosting at the garden and has asked us to write a haibun of 44 – to 150 words of some event in your life – a love gone wrong, birth of a child, a daily walk, a day out of a vacation…anything will work! Remember: haibun are based on a true experience in your life; it is NOT flash fiction. I chose to write about a tree in my front yard that has come to mean so much to me since I have been writing full time. It is a glimpse into the world of nature with all its spectacular wonders.
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©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
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Charmed Chaos 
Beautiful written. You brought such life to the Mesquite tree. Gorgeous! 💗
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Thank you Beckie!
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The tree outside my window has the beginnings of leaves, overnight (literally). It’s a joy to watch nature in action! (K)
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Yes, it certainly is! Thank you.
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Now that is one gorgeous tree! ❤️ Such a heart-stirring haibun, Linda 😀
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Thank you! 🙏🏻
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What a beautiful tree!
I love woodpeckers. I’ve always wanted to live where I could see wildlife regularly. Maybe someday.
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Thank you so much! Sorry, this ended up in SPAM for some reason. I appreciate you stopping by.
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Wonderful! You wrote the true haiku as well. Bravo! I have enjoyed seeing the local trees go from bare to those tiny burgundy leaf buds to the delicate yellow green of leaves. I am enjoying your posts on FB about your beautiful garden. This mesquite tree adds so much to your garden history. What a gorgeous tree! I love the sounds you incorporated into your haibun as well. Perfect, simple, complex. thank you for writing to my prompt.
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Thank you so much Toni!
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There is something so special about the trees of the desert… our trees are not yet green… there are weeks before the buds will burst.
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Thank you Bjorn. And welcome back!
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I kept on reading and rereading “spring green haven for the hordes of birds” because it looks and sounds so wonderful in my head. What a perfect writing view.
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Thank you so much Magaly!
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Oh, I love the symbol of a tree flourishing in the desert. I so love the visuals in this. Beautiful
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Thank you Susie.
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harmonic indeed – the sight of such lush green and woodpeckers.
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Thank you Margaret!
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Beautiful writing – and how wonderful to have such a tree in your yard.
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Thank you Rosemary. That one is right outside my window in the room where I write. I have a huge mesquite that lives in the backyard and it provides shade for my garden. They are beautiful trees!
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Unknown where I live, so it’s good to get to appreciate them via your poem and photo.
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I’m happy you enjoyed it!
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you!
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