By Joyce Jacobo
[Author’s Note: Based on an actual event. We always get the powerful Santa Ana Winds near where I live, and they have been known to carry out any number of objects. One year, they carried off a parrot-shaped kite we had accidentally left unattended outside. Goodness, that made for an interesting and unexpected sight soaring right past the kitchen window!]
Carried by the wind
a mighty bird-shaped kite soars
without a handler
The Literary Serenity Archives 
Love it and I lived in Laurel Canyon as a child and remember those magical Santa Ana winds…How I would have loved to have seen your haiku in person:)
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Oh, nice! The Santa Ana Winds have been a part of my life ever since childhood as well, and despite the mischief they can cause, I cannot help but smile at their antics sometimes. I wish I could have snapped a photograph of that time as well. It was kind of a blink and you would miss it moment.
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Such a fantastic image you captured in your poem..it’s as if you did snap that shot:)
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Sounds like an amazing sight. Wonderful haiku, Joyce.💕
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It was quite a thing to witness. Of course, then we had to go out into the field opposite to retrieve the bird kite, and that was its own adventure. Haha!
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Sounds fun.💕
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Awesome!
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Thanks!! I’m thrilled you enjoyed it. Have you ever had the wind carry off something of yours?
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Perhaps something drying on the line like a hanky! Here kids like to tie string to a plastic bag and let it soar with the wind.
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Great write My Friend.
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Thank you so much, my friend!
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🌼
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Vivid imagery that says so much, well done!
I remember flying kites on those winds, with family 💙
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Simplistic fun, flying a kite. 🪁
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Wonderful haiku,Joyce! 💖
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so beautiful Joyce!❣️
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Thank you! The simplest, most unexpected moments in life can stick around the longest sometimes. Hehe.
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how true is that! ❣️
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Agreed.
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❤️
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