At Carpe Diem Haiku the prompt is Yuki no hate (end of snow). And after snow there’s usually plenty of water.
after snow
the little mountain brook
thundering waterfall
~~
river fills
rising from the melting snow
downstream flood
—
March 14, 2013

Great set.
Do you often get downstream floods when the snow melts? It’s hard for me to imagine such an amount of snow.
Almost every year. But sometimes worse. It’s like getting 6 months of rain at once if it becomes warm..
Some of amount of flooding is quite normal.
I guess it’s like our monsoon/wet season in the summer in regards to the amount of water in such a short time.
What a wonderful world 🙂
Beautiful.
Thank you 🙂
love this imagery in your words..resemble the image
Thank you 🙂
aloha Brudberg – this is such a strong image to go after for spring (imo). it has always thrilled me when i’ve seen it happen. cool. aloha.
Thank you 🙂 it can be glorios in the mountain in spring (usually in July where I walk)
Thunder on, little brook, thunder on!
Last Snowflake
Yes and it’s usually a great lullaby if you pitch your tent there.
great images in your words
it’s pretty flat here but we could use a wet spring
lake levels are low
Yes mountain snow are great resorvoir of water.
brrrrr.. i mean wow.. great imagery and of course, awesome photo
Yes and this picture was taken in July.
Wonderful haiku! Perfect, both.
Oh I love that “little mountain brook thundering waterfall.” And that image is so beautiful, but the flooding part, I hope it’s not that bad in real.
Some years it is, sometimes not.
Lovely word pictures , Bjorn. I can almost feel the frigid spray from those tumbling falls! 🙂
You could really, that spray is not for the faint hearted. 🙂
I enjoy haiku, tanka, renga and American Lunes…sort of hiaku’s .
If we could just gift rain to those areas in drought…
Yes, some areas are quite wet others lack water.
You captured the future in the 2nd haiku !!!
oh yes, another good reminder of why I love the spring – all the rushing waters, spilling out in fearsome glory! you captured it well
Thank you 🙂
Some call that torrent of words/ I think that is slowly dissolving silence (after famous Gujarati poet Niranjan Shukla).
Excellent
Great take! and that pic is amazing!