A song of love

Haiku for Spring

Springtime rhapsody,

the name of this love poem

here, in my bible.

Look! A young stag bounds

leaping mountains; imaging

masculinity.

The stag stands beyond

the wall, gazing at windows,

entranced by the view.

My beloved speaks

his invitation: Arise

my love, come with me!

The winter retreats,

withdrawing its rain; flowers

emerge from the earth.

Listen to the birds!

The fig tree produces fruit,

fecundity rules!

Fragrant vines blossom.

They call: Arise my fair one,

my love; come away!

© Ken Rookes 2024

Song of Songs Haiku

Arise my fair one:

the lover’s invitation

to intimacy.

The beloved comes,

eager with youth’s desire,

leaping over hills.

Winter’s fear has passed

giving way to hope and life;

and with much singing.

The fruiting fig trees

join with the fragrant blossoms,

in love’s dance-song call.

Spring’s fecundity

of flowers and turtledoves;

Eros meets Yahweh.

Come away with me

and we shall be joined as one;

Arise my fair one.

© Ken Rookes 2015