Transitions
as leaves change
cooler winds prevail
shorter days
fading light
as leaves float downstream
herons leave
hidden water
when river freezes
icy wind
eagle’s nest
among bare branches
with first buds
bass splashes
kingfisher’s steep dive
turtles wake
warm breeze blows
across muddy banks
drying out
I have been chosen to name the theme for this week at WordCraft: Prose & Poetry.
The cycle in this haiku sequence is my own response to
Colleen’s #TankaTuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge
No. 262: #ThemePrompt: Transitions.
Shared with Open Link #311: March Live Edition
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Your verses collective express transition beautifully!
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Thank you. 🙂
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Love the group, Ken, but the eagle nest is my fave
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What a beautiful poem for this time of year as we leave one season and go to the next.
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Thank you. I.m sure you see a lot of that in your walks.
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I think it is one of the big reasons why I like walking outside so much – there is that constant sense of change and yet a familiarity to the process that is calming and reassuring.
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Great theme and poem, Ken 💕🙂
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Thank you. 🙂
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A reading delight
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Merci!
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Very welcome 🙂
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A beautiful awakening. (K)
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Thank you. 🙂 Sometimes I can’t help but go to sights I see while kayaking.
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Like meditation I imagine.
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We’ve got weather in the high 60’s today… but it’s going to nip the budding trees by the end of the week with another cold spell. Though I’ve seen a robin, and gnats!!
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You can keep those gnats!
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The gnats don’t bite…though they are annoying. It is the mosqutoes I’m not looking forward to!
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This is a brilliant haiku sequence, Ken. Each haiku flashed amazing images in my mind. ❤
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Thank you, Colleen. I see each as a moment in time.
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Exactly! And each season has it’s joys and sorrows. Time marches on. This theme is perfect for haiku.
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Full circle! A lovely seasonal sequence. And thanks for the theme.
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🙂 Thank you.
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😀 Thank you.
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I had a great time playing with the theme you chose this week, Ken, so thank you! I love your poem and the imagery it painted in my mind. 🙂
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And, thank you!
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I really like that 2nd line in particular, Ken –
very clever 🙂
-David
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Thank you. They may be welcome after the heat of summer. If only they weren’t a reminder of what is to come with winter winds.
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How quickly and cleverly a year passes within the thin parameters of a half-dozen haiku. It appears it was written for “another” site, no matter, it presents that year swiftly and sweetly; thanks.
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These days, the seasons pass much too swiftly.
Thanks, Glenn.
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I love the tracery of the seasons in your lines, Ken!
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😀
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This is exquisitely woven, Ken! I especially love; “fading light/as leaves float downstream/herons leave.”💝💝
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Thank you, Sanaa.
There is beauty on the water.
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What I enjoyed most about your string of haikus is getting to see mental images that I do not otherwise get to see personally where I am. It feels soothing to read about the seasonal tradition in your poem, with so many reflections on nature and the animals.
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Thank you. I’m pleased that I could convey these images.
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Bravo Ken. I enjoyed hearing you read this haiku sequence
Much💚love
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Thank you, Gillena. 🙂
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Great set of haiku, Ken. You could have called this the Four Seasons!
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I like that. Thanks, Dwight. 🙂
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:>)
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I could see the transition taking place in nature. I felt like i was on a walk. Thank you for that.
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Thank you for coming along.
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Great way to present the passing of the seasons
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Thank you.
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