My memory is a bottomless treasure trove, full of beloved moments. Photographs are the jewels, the pieces of eight, the doubloons. One day in early summer, we visited the Bronx Zoo, and my children were enchanted with the animals. We rode the Wild Asia Monorail, and heard about deer and buffalo species protected from extinction. Some of the animals were extinct in their natural habitat and were reintroduced to the wild from the Zoo’s protected herds, which had thrived in a large enclosure for over a hundred years.
Zebras, giraffes, deer,
Species preserved from the past,
My children held rapt.
Copyright 2013 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: This was prepared for this week’s Ligo Haibun prompt, treasure.
30 thoughts on “Bottomless Treasure Haibun”
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Friendly Fairy Tales 
A memory written so that I feel I am young and on a special visit to the zoo.
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So happy to take you back with me! 🙂
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great energy flowing forth from your haibun, Brenda. a blessing to have bottomless treasures ♥
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Thanks, Sun! Yes, I am blessed and grateful for my countless treasures. 🙂
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Endearing and beautiful memories shared – thank you for taking me along. I would dare to say I could almost feel you smiling as the haibun was being written, Brenda – so uplifting and positively charged. 🙂
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It practically wrote itself. It’s a glimpse into my heart. And I’m still smiling. Hugs, Brenda
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Treasured moments, never to be forgotten – nothing better than a child’s face lit up with happiness, and watching childrens’ faces seeing animals there, in front of them. Thanks very much Brenda
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Yes, you have to hang on to the good memories. It takes real effort, but it’s worth visiting those memories often. Thanks for visiting and commenting, Ye Pirate. 🙂 Warmly, Brenda
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what a lovely set of memories/adventures you have created for them )
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They all remember the Bronx Zoo fondly. Some of my friends with kids their ages tell me their kids are done with zoos, but mine still like them. I like the walking around and happy expressions.
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What charming and precious memories – thank you for sharing them with us.
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Thanks for visiting, Freya, and for your kind words. Warmly, Brenda
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Lovely memories, Brenda. Glad you and the kids had fun 🙂
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We have our ups and downs, but we usually have fun, too. 🙂
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I loved this, especially the line “Photographs are the jewels, the pieces of eight, the doubloons” such a lovely link with treasure 🙂
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Thanks! They are my treasures. 🙂
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Hi Brenda, what a wonderful time! Treasures indeed, the very best kind! The perfect haibun and haiku for the prompt! 🙂
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Thanks! This one was a joy to write. I’ll have to check out the others!
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I love the new look, especially the green!
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Thanks!
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Beautiful memories and a wonderful post!
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Thanks!!
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They look completely enthralled! Magic.
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Definitely! A magical moment in our past.
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It’s great how images like this can enable us to completely relive the moment. Better even than video somehow because out imagination and rosy memories add an extra something, don’t you think?
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Yes, although the details get lost. I had to do some research to remember what herds had saved a species from extinction. Sometimes things that seemed like average days become treasure over time. You can forget about the minor aggravations of traveling or sunburns.
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Absolutely – and sometimes even the days that felt hard and a nightmare at the time turn into ‘hilarious’ anecdotes with the fullness of time…
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Yes! The more grim, the funnier. 🙂
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Lovely memories and a good reminder
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And we need to keep adding to the memory treasure trove, too! What a great responsibility! 🙂
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