Funny thing about “Hope”. It is both fragile beyond imagining and yet often has a tenacity and strength seemingly unbelievable.
How can this be?
Perhaps an analogy made with a wish upon a puffball, to enlighten.
One Single Seed – One Single Wish
Fingers carefully grasped fragile puffball’s stem, not wanting to disturb ethereal seeds too soon. My wish might not be heard, but blown away. The wish made, I blew gently, scattering fair dandelion seeds upon moist morning breezes.
Wishful thinking indeed for hopes to be realized, yet all that is needed for the puffball is but a single seed. A lone survivor tossed in unpredictable winds of nature. It only takes one … one seed to reach the earth for regrowth and fruition.
And so it is with hope. The seed of potential and possibility, cast upon winds of fortune.
May our hopes, dreams and wishes reach fruition. All that is needed is one single seed!
hope strengthens me
a most delicate framework
of possibilities
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For some of you, the above haibun may be familiar. First posted this spring, I felt it was a good one for this week’s Haibun Thinking Challenge which is “Free Style”, or writer’s choice. For more information about this excellent opportunity for a writer to improve his or her skills click HERE. Your talented and friendly host, Alistair, of Haibun Thinking has all the answers. Click on the blue link icon to read other entries!
Thank you for stopping by,
~ Penny
The Why About This 
A wonderfully elegant and delicate haibun … hope like a single seed! Loved your haiku!
Thank you Bastet. I must confess to really enjoying writing haibun style, my friend!
Yes, i agree haibun is a great form! And love Haibun Thinking!
A lovely delicate haibun with a beautiful haiku to close.
Hi Suzanne and thank you. I am very fond of haibun writing and appreciate your compliments.
Excellent!
Thank you Barb. I do so love to write haibun style, I will confess! 🙂
That’s a stunning post Penny. It’s gorgeous with so much in it.
Thank you Alstair. Hope your week is going well, my friend! 🙂 xo
Well one of my pumpkin has gone off, but the shop has said they will replace it, so hopefully they will do that tomorrow
AnElephant bows again before the master of the genre.
A tour de force.
As always an elephant is too kind, but also as always very much appreciated by me! xo
Your haibun plays in my mind visually
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Thank you Yoshiko, what a lovely compliment!
Welcome, Penny, 🙂 I am speaking from my mind.
A very good place too! 🙂
Yea 🙂 a very good place