Fall Foliage

autumn

dons her petticoat –

fall foliage

Pat R

10/12/20

For Franks Weekly Haikai Challenge where the prompt is Fall Foliage..to enter it see entries go here

Harvest Moon

The moon at 9:07pm tonight

harvest moon

adorns the night sky –

moon gazing

For Open Link Night over at dVerse Poets Pub

Open Link Night #275

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For Frank Tassones prompt Harvest Moon To participate or just read other entries go here.

Pat R

10/01/20

Meadow

photo by Pat R

a moth’s aflutter
zig zags, a cantankerous
mocking bird in tow
as they head to the meadow
gap closes, this will not end well

Pat R

6/15/20

For Frank Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge..poet’s choice. I used “Meadow”

 

New Moon –

In lockdown, bright sunny days are lures to resist.

The flush of spring was without fanfare, the blooms are on their own

No leisurely stroll under cherry blossoms this spring. Nature tips the scale.

 

a new moon
the earth feels tilted
up is down

Pat R

4/20/20

For Frank Tassone Haikai Challenge where the prompt is New Moon

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dVerse Poets Pub where Mish is hosting Quadrille Monday (a 44 word poem) invented by dVerse. The prompt word this week us “Flush”. You can do some reading of join in here

 

Ring-A-Ring-O-Roses!

I think it’s safe to say not enough is known about the corona virus. Is it airborne or contact or is it both? Also, it feels like there is a true “Typhoid Mary” element to this.
Does the strategies to contain this carry a hint of “ring a ring o roses, pocket full of posies…”?

We are flailing in the wind. There are believers and non believers. As the politicians do battle, argue, verbally assault each other – it does what it does. Kill people!

indiscrimate
pestilence on a rampage –
ring-a-ring-o-roses

Pat R

3/29/20

A senryu for Frank Tassone Haikai Challenge where the focus is the Corona Virus Go here to participate ir just to do some reading.

 

 

Returning Cold

in plant pot
frozen rain water,
poor stray cats!

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the neighborhood cats
watering hole now frozen –
the returning cold

Pat R

2/17/20

For Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge where the phrase is “Returning Cold”

 

Spring Rain

water beads
perch on tender blooms –
fine spring rain

Pat R

5/13/18

For Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge: Spring Rain