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September / October 2009 "leaves" Thread |
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Announcing the November / December 2009 the "winter solstice" Thread The theme of the November / December 2009 haiku thread will be anything to do with the "winter solstice in either the southern and northern hemispheres. It is not necessary to use the words "winter solstice". Writers may post an unlimited number of
haiku to the
"winter solstice" Haiku Thread. Deadline: Midnight Sunday, December 27, 2009.
All Haiku received will be posted daily on-line at November / December 2009 winter solstice Haiku Thread. The
Sketchbook editors will select their
Monthly Haiku Choice from this thread for publication in
the Thursday, December 31, 2009 Sketchbook.
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Read the September / October 31, 2009 Editor's Choices: Editor Karina Klesko, Editor John Daleiden
The following poets have contributed to the September / October 31, 2009 "leaves" Haiku ThreadParticipants: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28
Karin Anderson, AU; Ralf Bröker, DE; Willie Bongcaron, PH; Daniela Bullas, UK; Patricia Carragon, US; John Daleiden, US; Andrzej Dembończyk, PL; Ignatius Fay, CA; Terri French, US; Bernard Gieske, US; Phyllis Jean Green, US; Alexander "Lex" Joy, US; Betty Kaplan, US; Krzysztof Kokot, PL; Karen O'Leary, US; Jacek Margolak, PL; Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN; Peter H. Pache, US; Elaine Riddell, NZ; Keith A. Simmonds, TT; Monica E. Smith, US; André Surridge, NZ; Barbara A Taylor, AU; Cindy Tebo, US; Maria Tirenescu, RO; Sasa Vazic, SR; Neal Whitman, US; Monika Wojtenka, PL
Countries: 1,2,3,4,5.6,7,6,7,8,9,10,12,13
Australia, Canada, Croatia, Germany, India, New Zealand, Philippians, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States
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red and gold leaves a wreath for her head autumn wedding # 02. Betty Kaplan, US |
the first cluster red-orange leaves in the hedge —frost this morning # 03. Ignatius Fay, CA |
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paper confetti— golden leaves dance in the wind # 04. Karen O'Leary, US |
down thru the falling leaves hail # 05. Peter H. Pache, US |
brittle leaves— cupping my tin mug still steaming # 06. Neal Whitman, US |
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under the dogwood leaves cover a cat's grave # 07. Bernard Gieske, US |
golden fans of ginko leaves autumn sunshine # 08. Patricia Carragon, US |
autumn— more and more yellow leaves in my vase # 09. Andrzej Dembończyk, PL |
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sunlight dapples brick fidgety aspen leaves run interference # 10. Ignatius Fay, CA |
falling leaves— last kiss before parting # 11 Krzysztof Kokot, PL |
first frosty night fallen leaves covering the white lawn # 12. Jacek Margolak, PL |
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autumn morning: in all shapes and fancy swirling leaves # 13. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
sound of scudding leaves intensifies the raw chill of the autumn wind # 14. Ignatius Fay, CA |
warm day this leaf its way down # 15. Ralf Bröker, DE |
first Autumn leaf streaks one hundred crimson sunsets curl into Winter # 16. Karin Anderson, AU |
autumn dusk— quivering leaves mistaken for rain # 17. Neal Whitman, US |
mom and dad selling the city house— raking leaves #18. Ignatius Fay, CA |
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Yellow leaves on the path mark the way to her home # 19. Monika Wojtenka, PL |
dormant grass dead matted leaves browns of spring # 20. Ignatius Fay, CA |
off shore breezes eucalyptus leaves pointing home Labor Day weekend # 21. Neal Whitman, US |
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still forest glade the hush of leaves whispering in green # 22. Ignatius Fay, CA |
early spring one leaf dangles from the tree # 23. Bernard Gieske, US |
green turns to yellow a carpet of leaves under ginko trees # 24. Patricia Carragon, US |
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dead leaves in a pile letter from a friend his black mood in charge # 25. Neal Whitman, US |
roadbed of crushed slag black ribbon weaves the forest leaves starting to turn # 26. Ignatius Fay, CA |
palmistry dew drops on a leaf pick a vein # 27. Bernard Gieske, US |
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a carpet of leaves tiny yellow fans under ginko trees # 28.Patricia Carragon, US |
no one to see me go tomorrow I report to duty taking leave # 29. Neal Whitman, US |
crisp fall wind naked maple waves goodbye to her blood red leaves # 30. Ignatius Fay, CA |
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widow's diary pressed rose petal the last leaf # 31. Bernard Gieske, US |
cold, damp and dreary empathizing with fall leaves everyone is down # 32. Ignatius Fay, CA |
colorful leaves dappling glimpses of water river walk # 33. Neal Whitman, US |
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autumn drops its fans golden leaves under ginko trees # 34. Patricia Carragon, US |
with the rain drops leaves flutter to the ground fall showers # 35. Bernard Gieske, US |
rain ending— in every fallen leaf sky clears up # 36. Jacek Margolak, PL |
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a crisp wind blowing in the sunlight— spiral of leaves # 37. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
green leaves splashed with color shades of autumn # 38. Patricia Carragon, US |
fallen leaves circusing in the grass merry-go-wind # 39. Bernard Gieske, US |
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October shower leaves in the gutter disembark # 40. Bernard Gieske, US |
autumn pond the shadows of leaves drift over the bottom # 41. Jacek Margolak, PL |
cadmium red nature as artist paints the leaves # 42. Patricia Carragon, US |
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autumn fashion trees wear colors of the season # 43. Patricia Carragon, US |
across the landscape leaves changing colors season's chamelions # 44. Bernard Gieske, US |
icy water— the full moon among the fallen leaves # 45. Jacek Margolak, PL |
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leaves falling into the shadows... the setting sun # 46. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
children in anoraks asking for red leaves # 47. Ralf Bröker, DE |
morning rain under maple leaves tap my shoulder # 48. Bernard Gieske, US |
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leaves ripple with melodies cicada song # 49. Bernard Gieske, US |
If raindrops were leaves colors would scatter and fall kaleidoscope dew # 50. Karin Anderson, AU |
golden leaves touch the ground— autumn grace # 51. Patricia Carragon, US |
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Autumn leaves— on garden table orange-yellow tablecloth # 52. Monika Wojtenka, PL |
first brown leaves stumbling in the sunshine: a farewell # 53. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
four leaf clover hides three leaf clover family guards thistle's scissor snip # 54. Karin Anderson, AU |
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these glasses in these dewdrops on these leaves # 55. Ralf Bröker, DE |
last leaf tippy top chomped as after dinner mint a giraffe's tall neck # 56. Karin Anderson, AU |
falling out of Niedecker's poem* leaves on a bridge with their stems sticking up *Lorine Niedecker # 57. Cindy Tebo, US |
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autumn... raking leaves off the pond # 58. André Surridge, NZ |
Grandmother's attic— between the book leafs dry wrinkled leaves # 59. Monika Wojtenka, PL |
lemon tree leaf sides with red rose bittersweet beauty # 60. Karin Anderson, AU |
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brisk autumn wind— breath of life for dying leaves # 61. Monica E. Smith, US |
leaves shake and wail rain soon sprinkle, trickle, tinkle wind chime of warm Spring # 62. Karin Anderson, AU |
leaves of this book aleaf marks my place all so fragile # 63. Phyllis Jean Green, US |
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raked leaves pile a simmering sunset of Autumn # 64. Karin Anderson, AU |
sixteen leaves on the cherry tree... fifteen # 65. André Surridge, NZ |
autumn leaves— my stored-up treasure gone with the wind # 66. Monica E. Smith, US |
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a touch of autumn— the rustling of dry leaves in a gust of wind # 67. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
weeping willow leaves trail morning glory tresses on lake's mirrored sheen # 68. Karin Anderson, AU |
autumn leaves floating faster and faster through the narrows # 69. André Surridge, NZ |
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taking a leaf from your book saying good . . . not so much if you're a tree # 70. Phyllis Jean Green, US |
cliff top above the Dead Sea ibex feeding on acacia leaves # 71. André Surridge, NZ |
wattle trees green leaves dizzy from fluff's golden puffs float on winds hot breath # 72. Karin Anderson, AU |
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illiterate fortune teller reading the tea leaves # 73. Terri French, US |
snails silver thread halts at cabbages lush leaves purple haloes holes # 74. Karin Anderson, AU |
daylight saving ends first leaves fall from the golden robinia # 75. André Surridge, NZ |
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a round leaf twirls in the sky continuously # 76. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN |
endless eddy of noisy brown leaves... the mistral # 77. Keith A. Simmonds |
odd that leaves come back all that falling and getting swept . . .must know something # 78. Phyllis Jean Green, US |
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walking more distant from myself leaf by leaf 79. Sasa Vazic, SR |
an oak leaf hammock between bare branches the wooly worm naps # 80. Terri French, US |
nostalgia— embers of sunlight stumbling upon yellow leaves # 81. Keith A. Simmonds |
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in the cul-de-sac dead leaves come to rest # 82. Terri French, US |
dry leaves cut off from the source amass in the ground # 83. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN |
re-raking the leaves the grandkids re-scatter # 84. Terri French, US |
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dark road long shadow of a dead leaf hurries across 85. Sasa Vazic, SR |
rotting beneath brown leaves— the last cucumber # 86. Terri French, US |
lifeless rain from trees— tiny leaves # 87. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN |
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blowing into my cupped hands the last leaf falls # 88. Terri French, US |
dead it falls, so long a part of the tree— withered leaf # 89. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN |
the sumac's leaves blushing at the hint of autumn # 90. Terri French, US |
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the last of its leaves— pear tree 91. Alexander "Lex" Joy, US |
back from the hospital the door covered in multicolored leaves 92. Sasa Vazic, SR |
fiery night dried leaves lay still on the sullen earth # 93. Willie Bongcaron, PH |
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at the threshold of a birth house—left alone: a dry leaf 94. Sasa Vazic, SR |
after the storm yellow and rotten leaves on ramshackle roofs # 95. Willie Bongcaron, PH |
joy and sadness— multicoloured leaves in longlasting rain # 96. Tomislav Maretic, Serbia |
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fallen leaves a calculating glance for a broomstick # 97. Willie Bongcaron, PH |
dust storm fallen avocado leaves turned red # 98. Barbara A Taylor, AU |
endless eddy of lofty leaves... a maze of colours # 99. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
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Leaves fall one by one from the branch— first snow # 100. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
Only a leaf in the spider's web— a rainy day # 101. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
autumn night in the stillness the trees hold their leaves # 102. Elaine Riddell, NZ |
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leaves rolling over the meadows green cool south wind # 103. Willie R. Bongcaron, PH |
a week later these much painted trees are bare # 104. Barbara A Taylor, AU |
Under the full moon only a chrysanthemum— rustle of leaves # 105. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
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forward planning a squirrel forages through acorns # 106. Barbara A Taylor, AU |
Leaves everywhere— in the pitiless rain the abandoned nest # 107. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
banana leaves spread under a sumptuous feast country scene # 108. Willie R. Bongcaron, PH |
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Wild cherry-tree— two copper colored leaves fall together # 109. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
under palm leaves autumn sun still warm— high country snow # 110. John Daleiden, US |
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Read the September / October 31, 2009 Editor's Choices: Editor Karina Klesko, Editor John Daleiden |