Autumn Haiku - Finito

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Bye, Isabel

autumn slides in,
defiantly belonging –
brown wedge in the green

(Cross-posted at But Wait, There's More!
See you in winter...)

Armistice Day —
I rescue a moth
from a spider web

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.

Our cat loves
evening family story times;
one voice, many laps.

wind...rustling leaves
the inseperable
oneness

Veteran’s Day rain —
an old man holds an umbrella
above the monument

(an “oldie” from November 1998)

Armistice Day
the old buck and I
declare a truce

graveyard corner

graveyard corner
under the oldest trees
new compost

words and photograph © gerald england, 2007

autumn leaves

wave in the cool breeze~

kaliedoscope

look past the clockface
first check the window
still the one leaf left?

leaving our house

so others can see it-

on a branch

above me, I notice,

leaves have already left

wiggling happily
fingers surrounded -
Scottish woolen glove

halloween lantern
a week gone
looking glum

goblin ginko!

allhallowmas...
the goblins go back
into their books

I couldn't resist! ;-)

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!

SCENES IN A TRAIN WINDOW

golden poplar leaves jiggle
coin of the season

one silo, two silos
a third leans away
brown leaves scuttle

train ride home
autumn fields and lakes
on rewind

selecting
alpaca yarn -
a future sweater

kicking
through the leaves
sound of its season

Through tangles,
cold winds comb the leaves
from sleeping elms..

today
the birch tree -
full of old nests

November night —
the steam rising
from a dead cat

light through the trees -
monks'
orange robes

One Blessed Moment

Roasting pumpkin seeds;
step out to watch the sky with
children laughing.

(cross-posted at A Wrung Sponge)

rainbow

over the road
between autumn showers
a prism

words and photograph © gerald england, 2007

all soul's day
christmas carols floating
through the mall

cool breeze

in november night~

whispering maple

all saints' day -
ten rowan berries
for a rosary

all saints

those who've gone before

life mimics in the season

leaves blanket the ground

no one knocks on the door
pumpkin full of candy waits
the treat is for me