Ripe for the Picking – A Haibun

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Ripe for the Picking






As kids growing up we would pile into the family car for the Sunday drive.  Living in the city this was most often a trip into the country where we could connect with nature.





The car rides would seem endless and there were no videos, iPhones or iPads.  We would play I Spy and word games to pass the time and maybe stop for a picnic on the way.





Once there, we’d fish for tadpoles, walk in the woods picking bluebells and our favorite would be plucking those wild blackberries from the brambles and eating them on the way home.





Hedgerows of brambles
The highlight of our summer
Picking blackberries


Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

Merrill is hosting Haibun Monday at D’Verse
tonight and she has challenged us with writing
about Nature and she shared some words with
us as prompts.  I chose ‘bramble’

	


	

			

	

		
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		I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose.
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    There is so much fun in enjoying nature and the simply things. Great reminder of those moments
    

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      Thank you Camille 🙂  I still enjoy those time things, except it’s now Mangoes!!
      

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      Thank you so much Merrill.  Yes, those are aways special memories for families 💕🙂
      

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    Summer vacation, car rides, boredom… and oh the heaven that aaits, to be in a place bigger than the world, and sweeter.  well written.
    

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