Lavender haiku

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Joanna M. Weston

I dry lavender to stash with linen, make lavender jelly, put lavender in
baking, use its oil on my pillow for a good night’s sleep … It not only smells lovely, lavender is useful for so many things …

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sunlight
on clean windows –                             049
scent of lavender

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lavender
leaves perfume
on my jeans

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the linen closet
smells of summer …
sweet dreams

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the second haiku was first published in The Amethyst Review

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summerfathercoverA Summer Father … poems as deceptively simple and cunning as a sniper’s bullet. This book is a Remembrance Day poppy. Dave Margoshes

About Joanna M. Weston

Born in England, she lives in British Columbia. She is married with three sons, Joanna has an MA from the University of British Columbia. She has published in numerous anthologies and in magazines in Canada, the US, UK, and New Zealand, such as Canadian Women's Studies, Convolvus, Endless Mountains Review, Grain, Green's Magazine, Prairie Fire, Spin, Wascana Review, CBC Gallery, and many more...
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