tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77985782352166055312024-02-18T23:39:31.059-08:00Autumn Haiku 2008Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394056957171485464noreply@blogger.comBlogger371125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-75793588913225466362009-11-23T22:27:00.000-08:002010-03-08T14:57:39.680-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I had fun doing this; I'm glad I took up the responsibility, because it has given me the catalyst to write again, something I had given up on. Heres looking towards Winter!!</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><br /><div align="center">No shadow</div><br /><div align="center">No stars</div><br /><div align="center">No moon</div><br /><div align="center">No care</div><br /><div align="center">November</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">It only believes</div><br /><div align="center">In a pile of dead leaves</div><br /><div align="center">And a moon</div><br /><div align="center">That’s the color of bone</div><br /><br /><div align="center">November’s cold chain</div><br /><div align="center">Made of wet boots and rain</div><br /><div align="center">And shiny black ravens</div><br /><div align="center">On chimney smoke lanes<br /><br />~Tom Waits~<br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394056957171485464noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-63782168508857010692008-12-13T06:02:00.000-08:002008-12-13T06:05:19.142-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLpjFQA1A_X-ATo5wAbgJ9LeoIOJ7VZehv2mpkQhCn0jCb62Da56e0-ql8I1TuaZx4Xo_F2ZIFMnQ_7aVzK9vEvZvVZJKx6_UcfbE4F7uJgpFhJwhVACJlhfxCJWXCl1zTcG0EDRBm3E/s1600-h/!Frozen+Cocoon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 93px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLpjFQA1A_X-ATo5wAbgJ9LeoIOJ7VZehv2mpkQhCn0jCb62Da56e0-ql8I1TuaZx4Xo_F2ZIFMnQ_7aVzK9vEvZvVZJKx6_UcfbE4F7uJgpFhJwhVACJlhfxCJWXCl1zTcG0EDRBm3E/s200/!Frozen+Cocoon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279275313231217778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Freezing tent cocoon<br />Glows translucent in the mist;<br />Caterpillars gone.</span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-11204023817794631782008-12-05T16:31:00.001-08:002008-12-05T16:33:41.485-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58aIywQxg4dkY-TKKZaU1YfalS9uaimtOx8qmSvdKFM7D0JtK8KST-I65wiRRCgymxb8uUx5Gg12IdK1_-PbZRdKBgrkFxxbtlIlhH2ZbEHCVxi_L-W47saTMjD8SDxHXgQZVUtZGU30/s1600-h/Desicated+Apple.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 104px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58aIywQxg4dkY-TKKZaU1YfalS9uaimtOx8qmSvdKFM7D0JtK8KST-I65wiRRCgymxb8uUx5Gg12IdK1_-PbZRdKBgrkFxxbtlIlhH2ZbEHCVxi_L-W47saTMjD8SDxHXgQZVUtZGU30/s200/Desicated+Apple.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276468719371910818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Thick bramble bushes;<br />Last desiccated apple;<br />Crows cry in slate sky.<br /><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-50170033932224396962008-12-03T19:41:00.000-08:002008-12-03T19:42:05.092-08:00<strong>your eyes catch mine<br />as I stare into the clouds-<br />autumn daydream<br /></strong>J. Andrew Lockharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12567156257114496618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-59356471491195931812008-11-30T22:34:00.000-08:002008-11-30T22:35:18.548-08:00frostdry leaf<br />now brittle<br />with frost<br /><br /><br />----<br /><a href="http://haiku-poems-blog.blogspot.com/2008/11/christmas-holiday-haiku-poems.html">christmas haiku poetry</a>koujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10808744780646134561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-52742236435206161032008-11-29T18:52:00.000-08:002008-11-29T18:54:09.380-08:00last autumn haikureading outdoors<br />between pages<br />a dry leaf<br /><br /><br />it's been fun. thanks for the ride. :)<br /><br /><br />----<br /><a href="http://haiku-poems-blog.blogspot.com/2008/09/haiku-poems-examples.html">haiku poem examples</a>koujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10808744780646134561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-17518722186210572612008-11-29T18:51:00.001-08:002008-11-29T18:51:55.372-08:00windgust of wind<br />tired leaf<br />lets go<br /><br /><br />----<br /><a href="http://haiku-poems-blog.blogspot.com/">christmas haiku poetry</a>koujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10808744780646134561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-62173817590017104542008-11-29T18:50:00.000-08:002008-11-29T18:51:01.159-08:00churchruined church<br />leaves fall<br />among the weeds<br /><br /><br />----<br /><a href="http://haiku-poems-blog.blogspot.com/2008/11/christmas-holiday-haiku-poems.html">christmas haiku poetry</a>koujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10808744780646134561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-45794291183564737602008-11-29T13:08:00.000-08:002008-11-29T13:11:21.063-08:00into winter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6fnZ0TAyAvR3b98_Sn7ZDGqwqFZXg4dMyl85-u4GC9b84rXeKY5aMH4cF08esujdNFDUAH-BjydtDPCJOTIk8v20jRzJ3Kv9IchWKP6U8NGcki2V1oaLG74exSn7qQbzDIjM1XMB81A/s1600-h/autumn+mist.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 341px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6fnZ0TAyAvR3b98_Sn7ZDGqwqFZXg4dMyl85-u4GC9b84rXeKY5aMH4cF08esujdNFDUAH-BjydtDPCJOTIk8v20jRzJ3Kv9IchWKP6U8NGcki2V1oaLG74exSn7qQbzDIjM1XMB81A/s400/autumn+mist.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274189649412757698" border="0" /></a><br /><br />autumn mist<br />slipping and sliding<br />towards winter<br /><br />© 2008, Gerald England<br /><br /><br />...Gerald (Ackworth born)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10972748175799683560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-87480815820636041292008-11-29T11:16:00.000-08:002008-11-29T11:18:20.045-08:00weekend afternoon<br />red leaves skip down the street<br />behind the kidsReihaishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08867022601906005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-58898854081722308132008-11-29T05:51:00.000-08:002008-11-29T05:54:03.680-08:00Last call.......<span style="font-family: arial;">OK folks, this went a day longer than planned, thanks to a pinched nerve in my back that more or less incapacitated me yesterday and the day before, but by the end of the day, we will be in to full swing with Winter Haiku 2008/2009. So if you've got one last Autumn Haiku, todays the day to get it out!</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394056957171485464noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-85265034314473948202008-11-29T05:07:00.000-08:002008-11-29T05:08:02.399-08:00crow's surreal morning -<br />watching the water<br />beneath the iceUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-78280188656638171332008-11-29T02:41:00.000-08:002008-11-29T02:42:01.880-08:00first frost -<br />the postman's<br />crackling footstepsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-63696056836545204862008-11-29T00:41:00.000-08:002008-11-29T00:42:14.308-08:00Red apples hanging<br />from bare branches<br />the fallen ones -<br />Blackbirds take care of.Ashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257680577844653651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-73155682840673324422008-11-29T00:31:00.000-08:002008-11-29T00:35:49.595-08:00icy morning -<br />one more cup of coffee<br />before I leave<br /><br />***<br /><br />matin glacial -<br />un dernier café<br />avant de partir<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">[inspired by Bob Dylan's song : One More Cup of Coffee (Desire)] </span></span>Damien Gabrielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17135649412210072485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-55861347409040018532008-11-28T12:37:00.000-08:002008-11-29T02:49:09.443-08:00Bare Trees - a final post<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/an0nym0usmuse/297721759/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273810351041409458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jBRwEjl8Aw6BVGKeF633yIVNnQNq-PF7o5yBsDwpP2z1dPLTfa2Er_QvcGcPCgHWBO5Gj3lhRaV6FdCYoCrWXQXMYJA2UHMhqjtv6KXjKK7hyO1LfXUHP92PYL_4jh3f-T_mRT_i5-I/s400/Bare+trees+by+anonymousmuse.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />today the horizons<br />retreat into vague grey<br />bare branches<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo Bare Trees by anOnymOusmuse</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.conjuringsunlight.blogspot.com/">http://www.conjuringsunlight.blogspot.com/</a></span><br /><br /><p></p>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14343643387576533616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-56725096591474191272008-11-28T09:45:00.000-08:002008-11-28T09:53:48.146-08:00Dead Leaves - a final post<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_S1uLOiUqlPnqNtIF_ugGBdLk7xbvZADIWVxqvmjDCg09OrU4vinA_Q2sKqIhgAWeTASNJUtfus3O_8XolZ92lpqfUb1BxRSptlAFDD4ro7YHcmfy_mWqhMNxQIre6_GYtT-Wd5X2IY/s1600-h/Dangle+by+stirwise.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273766376301824610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_S1uLOiUqlPnqNtIF_ugGBdLk7xbvZADIWVxqvmjDCg09OrU4vinA_Q2sKqIhgAWeTASNJUtfus3O_8XolZ92lpqfUb1BxRSptlAFDD4ro7YHcmfy_mWqhMNxQIre6_GYtT-Wd5X2IY/s400/Dangle+by+stirwise.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>suddenly a limp and shrivelled fist of leaves</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo Dangle by stirwise</span></div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><a href="http://www.conjuringsunlight.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;">www.conjuringsunlight.blogspot.com</span></a></div><div></div>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14343643387576533616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-11993773169680791042008-11-28T03:13:00.001-08:002008-11-28T03:13:34.229-08:00among the fallen apples<br />a fallen summer-<br />houseUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-21928990757544317912008-11-27T22:04:00.000-08:002008-11-27T22:05:16.719-08:00<strong>thinking of you<br />today, only today,<br />but no words-<br />leaves whisper my story<br />as they fall softly </strong>J. Andrew Lockharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12567156257114496618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-65344950949735802252008-11-27T10:04:00.000-08:002008-11-27T10:07:41.727-08:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>Thanksgiving grace--</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>peeking to spy a young niece<br />peeking back</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-11055463837334747482008-11-26T13:48:00.000-08:002008-11-26T13:50:22.271-08:00autumn death throes<br />Christmas trees unloaded<br />at plant nurseryReihaishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08867022601906005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-37118361951219521622008-11-26T04:55:00.000-08:002008-11-26T04:57:35.144-08:00brittlebrittle leaf<br />rain soaked<br />in pieces<br /><br /><br />----<br /><a href="http://haiku-poems-blog.blogspot.com/2008/11/christmas-holiday-haiku-poems.html">christmas haiku poetry</a>koujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10808744780646134561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-25426359052743634402008-11-26T03:59:00.000-08:002008-11-26T04:00:23.492-08:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>fallen leaves<br />fill the hammock--<br />autumn repose<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong></strong></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-43334580146540199312008-11-25T17:51:00.000-08:002008-11-25T17:52:57.052-08:00two days til turkey<br />finishing all leftovers<br />to make room in fridgeReihaishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08867022601906005422noreply@blogger.com1