Autumn Haiku
AUTUMN HAIKU
Updated in html by Philip D Noble 12th June 2000
leaves turning
into themselves
in technicolour
wet concrete
ripe golden pears
the air stirs
old cat lies
warming the grass
summer almost over
bow string quivering
too late, too late, much too late.
they look away
autumn dusk
scarecrow points
to the rising moon
summer alomost over
drowsy wasps drink deeply
ripe plum juice
old pear tree
starlings announce
harvest time
dark storm clouds
and hungry gulls
follow the plough
evening sun
red winter cherries
cool breezes
red deer
a mountain away
reach snow
autumn evening
old man gives the hedge
one last trim
after the storm
old cypress tree
surrenders
autumn rowan
prepares food parcels
for migrants
freed butterfly
rises up and up and up
flying joyously
last autumn digging
two white ducks
ask if they can help
at sunset
wind drops rose petals
on the pond
engagement ring
sparkles nearly as much
as hrer brown eyes
first autumn trees
begin to blush
before disrobing
watery sunshine
swallows and bathers
linger on
fresh morning breeze
lively kite fights for freedom
wins - and falls
loosened paving stone
makes black shadow regardless
of its colour
laughing at himself
my son easily passes through
unstrung tennis racket
bee with broken wing
rushes headlong
to casualty
ancient hazel eyes
drink in another sunset
not yet closing time
cameras ready
tourists eagerly await
suns's horison kiss
waking everyone
except the one that matters
last night's barking dog
ancient orchard
which will fall first
pear, plum or axe
though univited
seagulls highly enjoy
ants wedding
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