Join in Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s chrysanthemum prompt.
dead leaves fall from trees
cornstalks decay in field as
chrysanthemums bloom!
granddaughters delight in mums
colorful caterpillar 🙂
photo by lynn
late bloomers
07 Nov 2018 3 Comments
in tanka Tags: chrysanthemums, cornstalks, granddaughters, leaves, mums
fallen
26 Oct 2018 12 Comments
in rhyming verse, triolet Tags: cow, dew, fog, leaves, mist, pumpkins, scarlet
A triolet is a French form of 8 lines with ABaAabAB repetition…for dVerse MTB
wet scarlet leaves carpet cold ground
embraced with dew and kissed by mist
hidden in fog, pumpkins lie ’round
wet scarlet leaves carpet cold ground
ghost cows graze cornfield, make no sound
where earth meets sky in phantom tryst
wet scarlet leaves carpet cold ground
embraced with dew and kissed by mist
sounds of silver
23 Jul 2018 8 Comments
in haiku series Tags: breeze, chimes, garden, leaves, wind, windmill
breeze whispers in trees
shaking, Â sighing, quivering
summit ash leaves quake
listen to metal
red tail fin turns, grey blades spin
garden windmill squeaks
hear tinkling music
chimes dangle on staggered strings
dance with spring zephyr
view from my kitchen window
epilogue:
do you hear the wind?
whirring sound but no air moves
fan noise app for sleep
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
for love of chlorophyll
13 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in classical haiku Tags: gowth, leaves, maple, summer, sunlight
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai where kigo (season word) is young maple leaves.
photo by lynn
 young maple leaves
ecstasy of summer growth
in dappled sunlight
hearts like leaves
10 Jun 2018 8 Comments
in classical haiku Tags: glory, leaves, moonflowers, night, starlight
shincha flavors life
07 Jun 2018 2 Comments
in tanka Tags: chai, cup, gratitude, leaves, workers
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai‘s early summer kigo word is shincha, meaning new tea.
black? chai? or rooibos?
search for favorite cup as
workers pick tea leaves
remember hours of labor
gratitude steeping new brew
bare branches
08 May 2018 2 Comments
in haiku, troiku Tags: branches, buds, green, leaves, life, rain, renewal, spring
Kristjaan at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai features “troiku” (each line of initial haiku is beginning line of three more haiku in a series). I wrote my own haiku to begin…
bare branches burst forth
spring budding freshly green leaves
renewal of life
bare branches burst forth
photo by lynn
birds improvise on treesong
winter’s day is done
spring buds fresh green leaves
young rabbits nibble new grass
first tulips open
renewal of life
gentle scent follows spring rain
promise of apples
ominous chill
17 Apr 2018 6 Comments
in haiku Tags: chill, crow, leaves, tree, wind
My attempt at “fusion” prompt (see CDHK) to fuse two haiku into one new one.
free image
the crow has flown away:
swaying in the evening sun,
a leafless tree.
over the wintry
forest, winds howl in rage
with no leaves to blow.
© Soseki Natsume
raucous wind stirs crows
black “leaves” clinging to bare tree
murderous caws rise
© lynn__
abstract glory
07 Aug 2017 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: autumn, dance, leaves, purple, sky
bleed red and purple
leaves sizzle across cool sky
autumn’s frenzied dance
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai; “autumn abstract” image by unknown artist.
autumn fullness
08 Nov 2016 2 Comments
in tanka Tags: ideas, inspiration, leaves, poet, rain
photo credit:  “wet leaves” by David Slotto,  featured at dVerse (too late to link post)
color-full ideas
ripen with passing season
inspiration rains/reigns
poet living inside head
forgets to water houseplants
fall flutters by
26 Sep 2016 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: fall, leaves, monarch, wings
CDHK’s prompt from Jane Reichhold’s “Dictionary of Haiku”: Â butterfly
flicker of orange
falling leaves with patterned wings
monarch migration
photo by lynn
seasonal affective quadrille
31 Aug 2016 9 Comments
in quadrille, rhyming verse Tags: fall, geese, leaves, pumpkin, sleet
Written for dVerse poets quadrille #15 on “leaves” theme.
cicada chorus hums in grass
daylight shuffles a retreat
autumnal dirge crescendos fast
music follows frosty sleet
mournful geese raise the call
barren branches grieve their leaves
flutter down in wistful fall
time’s march sighs reprieve
when voice of pumpkin
sings ripely from garden
a poem in my pocket 
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