Heavy leaf-fall warning

Hearts glow, tremble, cling --
Then, all pour down with the rain,
Tumble in the wind.*

*(According to the 5-7-5 rule, the haiku must end here, but the work does not: so I'd like to add 5 more syllables: 5 hours of raking!  And yes, despite all the raking, the katsura is still my favourite tree for autumn colour and light.)

Comments

[Arwen from Hoglet K]

A lovely poem, and I'm impressed you were still so kind to the tree after all the raking.

[Tess]

Beautiful! I love haiku, and I've never managed to get the hang of them.

[a tasteful garden]

so beautiful and serene. very lovely.

[a tasteful garden]

hi again Elaine! you have officially been tagged with an Honest Scrap award :) your shout out is on tonight's post. i hadn't heard of this "award" before last night, but it seems like fun play.

[Elaine]

Thanks, Allison. I'm honoured. I'll play along but it will take a few days for me to come up with my responses. I slow down in the chilly temperatures. Today was b-r-r-r-r-r on the balcony.

[Kate]

I just love haiku
Been awhile since I've done it
Glad to see it here