My Uncle's Legacy - #haibun #FFFC #poem #poetry #poetrychallenge @YvetteMCalleiro

Hello, beautiful readers! Happy Easter, for those of you who celebrate! For this week's Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge, Melissa provides us with the photo below and encourages us to let it inspire us to write a poem or flash fiction piece. I've decided to write a haibun, which is a paragraph of prose and a haiku.

(image courtesy of Jay Brand on Pixels)

My Uncle's Legacy

My uncle used to take my cousins camping when they were little. Once his children became adults, he bought a camper and trekked across the country, mostly on his own. When he passed away, my cousins began camping in his memory and invited all the cousins to join them. My sister and I joined in on the fun, taking our kids with us. Every time we went, a cardinal would visit our campsite. My cousins told us the cardinal was his favorite bird and believe it was his spirit coming to visit us. My sister and I still go camping twice a year, even though our kids are grown. Now, it's more like glamping or "cabining" instead of tent camping, but my uncle's passion still lives on within us.

crisp, sunny morning

cardinal songs lift spirit

welcomed visitor

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