Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: morning star: the first golden leaf on the sweet gum *    *    *    *

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): われら皆むかし十九や秋の暮　　　高柳重信 warera mina mukashi jyûku ya aki no kure             all of us used to be             nineteen years old—             autumn dusk                                                 Jushin Takayanagi from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:  Jushin Takayanagi (1923-1983)

Originally posted on lillian the home poet: Impatient Autumnready to turn down the heat,tired of leafy greens.Dresses up in cancan skirts,red-orange petticoats the trees. Tanka: five line poem following a 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic format.

Originally posted on Rooted in Love: …أوراق الخريفبلا أثر يذهبكل شيء ~ Autumn begins…my heart a yellow leaflistening to the wind L’automne commence…mon cœur est une feuille jauneà l’écoute du vent الخريف يبدأقلبي ورقةٌ صفراء تنصتالى الريح ~ ولّى نصفهاحياتي التي تغوصفي ضباب الخريف Its half gonemy life that steepsin autumn mist

Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: These past few months I have been living in a dazed confusion. Between the Covid 19 virus and insane politics, I have been wandering through a murky forest. But the gut wrencher was being diagnosed with breast cancer in June. From the moment I first heard the news, this fog…

Originally posted on Alexis Rotella's Blog: Back to the Middle Ages A little girl teaches her kitten to jump rope At the garden center I search for tiny pink flowers to encircle a potted evergreen on our front porch. Under my breath, I start to sing Ring a Ring a Rosie, pocket full of posey,…

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: snow filling our tracks into the woods by heart by Tom Clausen (USA) Snapshots, #9, 2001