Spring advent

spring advent
her love and orchids
are blooming

Spring cleaning

spring cleaning

the first doll I gave

my newly-wed daughter

spring sunshine
the toothless smile
of a homeless girl

from my book, Haiku and Tanka Harvest

From my book, Haiku and Tanka Harvest © 2012

wrong trail turn 

the scent and sight 

of wildflowers 

Tagalog

maling daan

bango at tanawin

bulaklak na ligaw

first day of spring
her love and orchids
are blooming

Spring sunshine

spring sunshine
the toothless smile
of a homeless girl

World Haiku Review
Vol. 7, Issue 1, March 2009

Widower's love

buds burst
in the leafless tree
this early spring
the widower’s love
reawakens

Modern English Tanka
Vol. 1, No. 4, Summer 2007

Spring advent

spring harbingers
two birds cavort
in my front lawn

Spring time

spring time
a rainbow forms
in the sprinkler
he waters the lawn
from his wheelchair

Modern English Tanka
Vol. II, No. 3, Spring 2008

Spring quotation

Sister's death

spring cleanup
last letter of my sister
before her death

For my sister Ate Nena,
who passed away last year

Spring blues

Here is another example of sijo.
I'll be uploading some more from time to time.


I glimpsed the color of spring
as you leizurely sauntered in

the balmy breath of air
drove the winter chill and pall away

but you did not tarry long
and soon vanished out of my dream.


In my book, Rustle of bamboo leaves,
but originally published in World Haiku Review,
Vol. 1, Issue 2, August 2001.

Spring rain

spring rain
even Death Valley
is alive with flowers

Haiku Harvest, Vol. 6, No. 1
Spring/Summer 2006

Spring rain

sudden rain
her umbrella widens
to take her lover in

World Haiku Review
Vol. 8, Issue 1, Jan. 2010

a sliver of light
slices through
the icy landscape
beneath the snow
a dormant seed awaits

Modern English Tanka
Vol. 3, No. 3, Spring 2009

    spring sunshine                                                                                         
    the toothless smile                                                                                   
    of a homeless girl   

World Haiku Review
Vol 7, Issue 1, March 2009

still in bloom
California flowers dance
to winter song

Spring coming

pear blossoms sway
with the winter wind
glimpse of spring

Vic Gendrano

The Flowers's Essence Slide Show

I wrote the tanka poem below, then added a picture and transformed it into haiga, a picture poem. The idea is for the reader to concentrate on ONE poem only with its accompanying image while reading line by line. Click the arrow on the lower left corner to play the show. Click on the same spot to stop/pause it momentarily.

More hints: Position your cursor on the images at the very bottom of the slide show box. The fourth one from the left is colored white with a RED slash. That image is for turning the music or or off. On the farthest right next to the music image is a full screen viewer (big white square). The attached small square retracts it back to the original size.

For those who prefer a straightforward poem, here it is.


For Lucy

the flowers' essence
lingers long after
their blooms wilt
remembering the lives
she touched on earth

© 2007