dread cannot hold sway
darkness yields to morning light
hope renews again

©2026 Jill Witherspoon. All Rights Reserved
Thanks to Jill for the chance to get my haiku on. Happy new day!
Writer. Feminist. Historian. Person.
dread cannot hold sway
darkness yields to morning light
hope renews again

©2026 Jill Witherspoon. All Rights Reserved
Thanks to Jill for the chance to get my haiku on. Happy new day!
to those who’ve lost their way
and mourn the songs of old
hear her song of gold
let it lift you in its sway
its melody weaving hope for this new day
as her harmonies take hold
like sweet nectar for the bold
and a cure those who’ve lost their way

Choosing hope today … or I’m trying!
nature’s blush
spring awakening
life renews

©2026 Jill Witherspoon. All Rights Reserved.
Thanks to Haiku Fridays with J-Dub. Each week, she posts a haiku and a photo to spark reflection, emotion, or imagination. This is mine.
light dances at dawn
sound breaks free from the darkness
a new day’s promise
nature’s elegy
as crags are born from the sea
time erases all

I decided to embrace the ying / yang of our existence in this duo. It’s something I’m working on it life as well!
Life has been demanding my attention as of late, so I am very tardy with my thanks, but I was honored to once again have my work chosen by Pure Haiku. Please visit Pure Haiku to read my my submission from February 21 and the many other fantastic interpretations for the Encircling theme.
