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haiku (falling leaves)

by David R Spellman


between acorns
and the falling leaves
memories
 
 
 

09/10/2007

Author's Note: Entered in Pathetic's Tadpole Society's kukai for September '07 and needing to use the phrase "falling leaves."

Posted on 10/06/2007
Copyright © 2024 David R Spellman

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 10/06/07 at 07:48 PM

Good image.

Posted by A. Paige White on 10/06/07 at 08:13 PM

This was a gorgeous haiku, David. Congratulations!

Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 10/07/07 at 01:45 AM

Suggests to me the cycle of the seasons.

Posted by Pall Kvaran on 10/08/07 at 06:15 PM

Congratulations on the first place. This one was, in my oppinion, the best one. I like how gently the last line reads, I always look up and start wondering... Hmmm...

Posted by Bethany Lee on 10/08/07 at 06:32 PM

mmmm...was thinking I wanted to read a poem about autumn, and here it is...thanks!

Posted by Kathleen Wilson on 10/10/07 at 07:11 AM

Reading in the kukai, it was the subtley of this image that entranced me, as if the memories are stirred by the wind and the sounds of falling, and slip into the spaces between what the oak releases. I hear the sounds here, and feel the listening and remembering.

Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 10/10/07 at 01:04 PM

Congratulations on POTD! Oct. 10, 2007

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 10/10/07 at 02:09 PM

Congrats on POTD! I also like the subtley this creates in my mind of the mix of changing seasons and the nostalgic sensation it brings.

Posted by George Hoerner on 10/10/07 at 04:11 PM

Congratulations on POTD! So much said in so few words.

Posted by Bruce W Niedt on 10/10/07 at 04:36 PM

This is a splendid haiku that works as a subtle metaphor too. Congrats on winning the kukai contest, and on POTD! d:-)

Posted by JD Clay on 10/10/07 at 04:36 PM

Congratulations, David. The perfect ku, POTD and winner of The Tadpole Society, September kukai Contest.

Posted by Anne Engelen on 10/10/07 at 05:20 PM

how lovely!! well done david.

Posted by Maria Massarella on 10/10/07 at 10:22 PM

and one can imagine those memories falling soft as autumn leaves ... how melancholic-wonderful I feel this ... soft as the dance of memories. Congratulations, David ...

Posted by Charles E Minshall on 10/11/07 at 04:07 AM

Congratulations on poem of the day Dave....Charlie

Posted by Charles M Harrison on 12/14/07 at 11:05 AM

Saw this in random member favorites. Very nice haiku.

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