The Beauty in a Leaf
A falling leaf does not spoil the scene,
nor tarnish the earth upon which it falls.
Whether feeding the roots which gave it life
or pressed within the pages of a book,
carried within it is the heart of the tree, and its beauty.
The prompt from Lillian for Quadrille Monday at dVerse is to use the word “spoil” in a quadrille, a 44-word poem of no set meter or rhyme.
dry oak leaf
under my shoe
crumbling
Carpe Diem #1528 Shasei
“sketch from life – to depict the thing just as it is” – no wordplay or comparisons
Before the Fall
In that moment of anticipation
laced with exhilaration,
do you contemplate
the consequences, consider
your place in the greater scheme
or deem it immaterial,
merely a leaf going
where the wind takes you?
The Daily Post Photo Challenge: Liquid
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heavy fog rises
stillness of water revealed
daylight approaching
maple leaf drifting slowly
in first rays of morning sun
*following Kristjaan’s own haiku translation of Koyu-Ni for the prompt:
tranquility –
finally I have found peace,
blossoms have fallen
© Koyu-Ni (Tr. Chèvrefeuille)
tiny morning globe
holding flame of rising sun
kiss of dew on leaf
The two word prompts for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #132 are flame and kiss.
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drifting slowly down
autumn air embracing leaf
gentle fall vision
Carpe Diem #1083 Air – Bach (part of December 2016 Let the Music Inspire You)
On October 14th, Pure Haiku selected one of five haiku I submitted for the theme “Leaf.” All five poems are shown below. The third haiku is the one that appeared at Pure Haiku.
Leaf
clouds moving swiftly
sunlight dances with the breeze
leaf in dappled light
wind blows through the tree
underside of leaf glistens
work of playful sun
red leaf slowly drifts
companion mirrored below
wave takes both away
gray clouds hide the sun
tree stands naked and alone
dry leaf last to fall
book not yet finished
I turn over a new leaf
life will continue
floating leaf on pond
haijin inspired by beauty
pen touches paper
Image source: xfountainpens.com (layered with my own photo)
The theme for Freya’s current series at Pure Haiku is LEAF, and my haiku was chosen for today.
Fawn Lily
season’s change stirs thoughts
mind wanders with falling leaf
new buds come with time
The two word prompts for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge #110 are change and mind. Typically, as I wrote this I got lost halfway through. As I was ready to post (photo selected, the whole nine yards), I realized my haiku was missing one of the key words, so I started over. Now I wonder if the final haiku is actually about my writing process. The original (one word short) is below.
dry leaf falls to ground
new bud nourished by past life
change measured by time
