I’ve been watching my phalaenopsis orchid sending up a new stem and growing new buds over the past several weeks. I was very excited to see the new growth. The cold snap we had a couple of months ago finally overcame the heat created by the sunlight constantly hitting our side of the building. Up until then, the apartment had not gotten cold enough to encourage another blooming of my orchid, and I was starting to wonder if it ever would! Haiku as a beautiful, unique form of poetry had come up in conversation a few nights ago. Yesterday morning while I was looking at my orchid before Johann woke up, I thought about my observations and was inspired to write my first haiku:
Budded orchid stem,
Like a dancing king cobra,
Follows the sunlight.
I read it to Johann. He liked it a lot and decided to write his own informal haiku based on one of his favorite Zoboomafoo shows:
Kinkajou-
Peek-a-boo,
Power-climbing mammal!
Both of our poems have a lot of spring to them!
