tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86453214023833612752024-02-19T07:25:52.957-06:00Autumn Haiku 2007Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-1936425128273088152007-11-13T08:00:00.000-06:002007-11-13T09:15:10.190-06:00Autumn Haiku - FinitoHello Ya'll,<br /><br />Thank you for your participation in the Autumn Haiku.<br /><br />If you want to write more, please join the <a href="http://winterhaiku2007.blogspot.com/">Winter Haiku 2007</a><br /><br />Check the NOTICES section on how to join.<br /><br />Bye, IsabelUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-18782880576857589422007-11-12T20:31:00.001-06:002007-11-12T20:34:02.868-06:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuV6sf1c9dHJkwqu_fbuEN74iI10iYaTw5Jik2gFkhqxceZG0Pvdh0-3U8Qriob9JAyVUecubHYRRkt4mQA5PT-Ljrf1UVmPNwo78kGctOYEjCwrFXZgwybHeRsHbxC_FiyiEAjOVETZLk/s1600-h/P9021915.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 328px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuV6sf1c9dHJkwqu_fbuEN74iI10iYaTw5Jik2gFkhqxceZG0Pvdh0-3U8Qriob9JAyVUecubHYRRkt4mQA5PT-Ljrf1UVmPNwo78kGctOYEjCwrFXZgwybHeRsHbxC_FiyiEAjOVETZLk/s400/P9021915.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132147231199843234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">autumn slides in,<br />defiantly belonging –<br />brown wedge in the green<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Cross-posted at <a href="http://butwait.blogspot.com">But Wait, There's More!</a><br />See you in winter...)</span><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-28563217191163343352007-11-12T17:58:00.001-06:002007-11-12T17:58:33.154-06:00<blockquote>Armistice Day —<br />I rescue a moth<br />from a spider web</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-1543019009531792782007-11-12T13:18:00.001-06:002007-11-12T13:21:54.400-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNjAHSzjniR83ONcwLcR0pSS86VlJm2ILFCuPpH7KFO7fsrV2B6cfkaJzpWJHtl1Kyy-On99y2LkzYne_sCTnnf0yPrD7Pz56GlCy_yIT93EtzPM5CzEvUNiErjPidlxEHhIglyNfM60/s1600-h/haiga+%239.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNjAHSzjniR83ONcwLcR0pSS86VlJm2ILFCuPpH7KFO7fsrV2B6cfkaJzpWJHtl1Kyy-On99y2LkzYne_sCTnnf0yPrD7Pz56GlCy_yIT93EtzPM5CzEvUNiErjPidlxEHhIglyNfM60/s400/haiga+%239.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132035538822030962" border="0" /></a><br />It's been a pleasure sharing another season with you all - I'm looking forward to stepping across into winter. As a final post from me - a concussion of seasons.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-33236096643139038602007-11-12T08:08:00.000-06:002007-11-12T08:18:12.400-06:00Our cat loves<br />evening family story times;<br />one voice, many laps.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-55432861912001523282007-11-12T06:10:00.000-06:002007-11-12T06:11:16.862-06:00wind...rustling leaves<br />the inseperable<br />onenessUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-46939103999030415992007-11-11T23:42:00.001-06:002007-11-11T23:42:59.825-06:00<div align="center"><a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50026211@N00/1977656135/"><img height="333" alt="chasingthoughts" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2260/1977656135_47c06b68b4.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-25232687474003008352007-11-11T11:21:00.000-06:002007-11-11T11:22:45.935-06:00<blockquote>Veteran’s Day rain —<br />an old man holds an umbrella<br />above the monument<br /><br /><i>(an “oldie” from November 1998)</i></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-78782699163308663542007-11-11T11:00:00.000-06:002007-11-11T08:09:59.648-06:00Armistice Day<br />the old buck and I<br />declare a truceUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-54830218878911069952007-11-10T13:09:00.001-06:002008-02-19T09:25:48.849-06:00graveyard corner<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEI0rJcYKhKwk-1v8fzwxqipoVlgSMuqtatDXgsZPPjhGxBg3k3TJRQjCrLFtF0-PLoFfBDKDqEV_o2pj8fAYhqBaRFH1XVQw2KG-oFeczC8R-XwxJLdRJ1kFdAzdu_k6oiIGPOytCeU/s1600-h/graveyard_corner.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131291091008692466" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEI0rJcYKhKwk-1v8fzwxqipoVlgSMuqtatDXgsZPPjhGxBg3k3TJRQjCrLFtF0-PLoFfBDKDqEV_o2pj8fAYhqBaRFH1XVQw2KG-oFeczC8R-XwxJLdRJ1kFdAzdu_k6oiIGPOytCeU/s400/graveyard_corner.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">graveyard corner<br />under the oldest trees<br />new compost</span> </div><br /><br /><em>words and photograph © gerald england, 2007</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-1448768041650930322007-11-09T23:28:00.001-06:002007-11-09T23:28:16.405-06:00<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#3333ff;">autumn leaves</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#3333ff;">wave in the cool breeze~</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#3333ff;">kaliedoscope</span></strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-82512767757354592712007-11-09T11:16:00.000-06:002007-11-09T11:24:01.909-06:00look past the clockface<br />first check the window<br />still the one leaf left?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-76164230726568497312007-11-08T22:15:00.001-06:002007-11-08T22:15:38.354-06:00<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">leaving our house</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">so others can see it-</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">on a branch</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">above me, I notice,</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">leaves have already left</span></strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-36994252105740935782007-11-08T12:19:00.000-06:002007-11-08T12:20:14.344-06:00<div style="text-align: center;">wiggling happily<br />fingers surrounded -<br />Scottish woolen glove<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-35194505184688359342007-11-08T02:57:00.000-06:002007-11-08T02:58:29.657-06:00halloween lantern<br />a week gone<br />looking glumUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-49220141567571969072007-11-06T09:26:00.000-06:002007-11-06T09:42:39.094-06:00goblin ginko!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7iB54gzsRZjF-YTuDb0Vfk4V-AammVIi5XDqDrs7xyg8WjlCyXamFO1WfNXMmzCn60P7iEZsLKA04-evtJl8UP8ZCHwcmC0Wufpm2Pk7HV0H7L8VqDDg91pXT3CgtDa3m1Gi2Adt_yM/s1600-h/a+goblin+ginko!.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7iB54gzsRZjF-YTuDb0Vfk4V-AammVIi5XDqDrs7xyg8WjlCyXamFO1WfNXMmzCn60P7iEZsLKA04-evtJl8UP8ZCHwcmC0Wufpm2Pk7HV0H7L8VqDDg91pXT3CgtDa3m1Gi2Adt_yM/s320/a+goblin+ginko!.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129752966867998658" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">allhallowmas</span>...<br />the goblins go back <br />into their books<br /><br />I couldn't resist! ;-)<br /><br />The image is from a time when I was haiku poet-in-residence at the U.K.'s largest celebration of natural history, Festival of Nature 2004. I was paid to visit schools around the South West of England with my haiku fieldbook, and get everyone doing ginko!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-71865507738138523822007-11-05T22:44:00.000-06:002007-11-04T22:52:32.471-06:00<div align="center"><strong><em>SCENES IN A TRAIN WINDOW<br /><br />golden poplar leaves jiggle<br />coin of the season<br /><br />one silo, two silos<br />a third leans away<br />brown leaves scuttle<br /><br />train ride home<br />autumn fields and lakes<br />on rewind</em></strong><br /><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-55101454406938811192007-11-05T11:54:00.001-06:002007-11-05T11:56:22.372-06:00selecting<br />alpaca yarn -<br />a future sweaterUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-64759938506001368442007-11-05T10:24:00.000-06:002007-11-05T10:31:33.677-06:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJB1jS6O4Wnqjb45KwPT1hRu36Az9FWI3KTEDWt5A74-17VGbiSTXNJ6gVCsrp8FKzN2WqJc2sCStZOmiRNioPpfCxx6Wl-UKxj4efexGSdUQoGJsZBowEB80Uxf4wyfEPv_BH-TMLbSw/s1600-h/child+kicking+leaves.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJB1jS6O4Wnqjb45KwPT1hRu36Az9FWI3KTEDWt5A74-17VGbiSTXNJ6gVCsrp8FKzN2WqJc2sCStZOmiRNioPpfCxx6Wl-UKxj4efexGSdUQoGJsZBowEB80Uxf4wyfEPv_BH-TMLbSw/s200/child+kicking+leaves.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129393755525594338" /></a><br /><br />kicking<br />through the leaves<br />sound of its seasonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-26711609825476976022007-11-04T10:54:00.000-06:002007-11-04T10:57:36.184-06:00<em>Through tangles,<br />cold winds comb the leaves<br />from sleeping elms.<a href="http://theoddneighbor.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ffff88;"><u>.</u></span></a></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-24824326646401215412007-11-04T09:00:00.000-06:002007-11-04T09:01:06.555-06:00today<br />the birch tree -<br />full of old nestsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-42712307463242041832007-11-03T22:08:00.000-05:002007-11-06T22:09:34.617-06:00<blockquote>November night —<br />the steam rising<br />from a dead cat</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-6744895326408748782007-11-03T18:25:00.001-05:002007-11-03T18:25:27.441-05:00light through the trees -<br />monks'<br />orange robesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-11586071457048555432007-11-03T06:10:00.000-05:002007-11-03T15:19:59.993-05:00One Blessed Moment<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cloudscome/1834923306/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2376/1834923306_f0d332f091.jpg" alt="sunset" height="500" width="333" /></a><br /><br />Roasting pumpkin seeds;<br />step out to watch the sky with<br />children laughing.<br /><br />(cross-posted at <a href="http://awrungsponge.blogspot.com/2007/11/one-blessed-moment.html">A Wrung Sponge</a>)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645321402383361275.post-79648978647545426582007-11-02T13:32:00.000-05:002007-11-02T13:36:28.685-05:00rainbow<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pBPkdz3ubC1gZVOLYcfQ-fle-lFCuszK5zU95JvFNnmtaluM6cF19ZMn7NreYvoGrxskyogbaCzvQCFy27sw6IQZ0GoL2uS8W2dznvB7bsm6FRcABnq-3ASFbdjrJt4FJ20Si3cDwmA/s1600-h/rainbow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128312813902686146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pBPkdz3ubC1gZVOLYcfQ-fle-lFCuszK5zU95JvFNnmtaluM6cF19ZMn7NreYvoGrxskyogbaCzvQCFy27sw6IQZ0GoL2uS8W2dznvB7bsm6FRcABnq-3ASFbdjrJt4FJ20Si3cDwmA/s400/rainbow.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">over the road<br />between autumn showers<br />a prism<br /></span><br /><em>words and photograph © gerald england, 2007</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0