________I_________ <br /> <br />Showers in april <br />Nourishing the breadth of spring <br />Unfurling fresh life <br /> <br /> <br />________ii_________ <br /> <br />Roses of crimson <br />Blest by arbored gates entrance <br />Crowned by thorny arch <br /> <br />________iii_________ <br /> <br />Beside crystal pond <br />Kaleidoscopic movement <br />Spinning spring's spectrum <br /> <br />________iv__________ <br /> <br />Fields of emerald blade <br />Carpet dublin's roving hills <br />With celtic legend <br /> <br />_________v__________ <br /> <br />Passionate wing-thrust <br />Wooing mate from a cypress <br />Butterfly romance<br /><br />Frank James Ryan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/20253-32113-30340-12394-31109-20467-21477-a-collection-of-traditional-zen-haiku/
