This is a really BIG leaf!! Never notice one this size before around here. I looked around for the tree with no luck. Maybe it’s travelling😊.
For Cee’s flower of the day challenge FOTD
Pat R
11/17/18
Tag Archives: Autumn leaf
Fallen
Anew – Tanka
a single red leaf
in a tumble lands at my
feet – as autumn nears
time to regroup, aim for truths,
clear cobwebs, and start anew
Pat R
9/26/18
For Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday where the prompt is synonyms for Fall & Try I used
Fall – Tumble
Try -Aim
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Red Leaf
one red leaf
brought by autumn wind
sits alone
at my door others scattered
farther still I pause beguiled
Pat R
10/08/17
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Distilled from the Robert Frost (1874-1963) poem:
OCTOBER
O hushed October morning mild,
Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;
To-morrow’s wind, if it be wild,
Should waste them all.
The crows above the forest call.
To-morrow they may form and go.
O hushed October morning mild,
Begin the hours of this day slow,
Make the day seem to us less brief.
Hearts not averse to being beguiled,
Beguile us in the way you know;
Release one leaf at break of day;
At noon release another leaf;
One from our trees, one far away;
Retard the sun with gentle mist;
Enchant the land with amethyst.
Slow, slow!
For the grapes’ sake, if they were all,
Whose leaves already are burnt with frost,
Whose clustered fruit must else be lost—
For the grapes’ sake along the wall.
(Source: http://www.poets.org)
An Autumn Leaf
now it reveals its hidden side
and now the other—thus it falls,
an autumn leaf
© Ryokan Taigu
as it falls through the stillness
a final playful tumble
Pat R
5/16/17
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