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"When
autumn leaves start to fall . . ."
The
falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sun-burned hands I used to hold
Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall
English lyrics
by Johnny Mercer, Music by Joseph Kosma:
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For some individuals
this song expresses the familiar seasonal sense of longing, loss
and the promise of regeneration that comes into all our lives at
the end of summer.
Thirty-nine
Sketchbook Haiku Poets from fifteen countries composed
one hundred and seventy-one haiku to celebrate the season
represented in this "fall trees" Haiku Thread. Haiku
from the "fall trees" Thread have been selected for five
featured sequences.
The Haiku selected
for these sequences are commendable; collectively they exhibit
these characteristics:
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seasonal
kigo are employed—a defined word or phrase that
symbolizes or implies the season of the poem.
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a
kireji (cutting
word) is included—among traditionalist Japanese haiku
writers, kigo are considered requirements of the form.
However, kigo are not always included in non-Japanese haiku
or by modern English language writers of Japanese
"free-form" haiku.
A kireji fills a role somewhat similar to a caesura in
classical western poetry or to a volta in sonnets.
Kireji may briefly cut the stream of thought,
suggesting a parallel between the preceding and following
phrases, or it may provide a dignified ending, concluding
the verse with a heightened sense of closure. English
language poets use punctuation such as a dash or ellipsis,
or an implied break to create a juxtaposition intended to
prompt the reader to reflect on the relationship between the
two parts. This practice parallels the Japanese use of
kireji, to contrast and compare, implicitly, two events,
images, or situations.
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the use of three
(or fewer) lines of 17 or fewer syllables, generally
arranged on three horizontal lines; in 1973, the
Haiku Society of America noted that the norm for writers of
haiku in English was to use seventeen syllables but they
also noted a trend towards shorter haiku.
I extend a hearty
thank you to all the thirty-nine Sketchbook haijin
who participated in the September / October 31, 2010 "fall
trees" Haiku
Thread.
Read the Haiku Sequences 1 - 6 Arranged from the "fall trees"
Haiku Thread
"Dusk at my
Feet": Haiku Sequence
No. 1 Arranged from the "fall trees" Haiku Thread
Ralf Bröker, DE;
Bouwe Brouwer, NL; Claire Everett, UK; Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN;
Bernard Gieske, US; Cara Holman, US; Alegria Imperial, CA;
Ramona Linke, DE; Chen-ou Liu, CA; Vasile Moldovan, RO ; Aju
Mukhopadhyay, IN; Karen O'Leary, US; Keith A. Simmonds, TT;
Janice Thomson, CA
red, orange,
yellow, green and white . . .: Haiku Sequence No. 2 Arranged
from the "fall trees" Haiku Thread
Leonard
J. Cirino, US; John Daleiden, US; Bernard Gieske, US;
Jacek Margolak, PL; Verica Peacock, CR/UK; Janice
Thomson, CA; Sunil Uniyal, IN; Sasa Vazic, SR; Neal
Whitman, US
Acorns by
Candlelight: Haiku Sequence No. 3 Arranged from the "fall trees"
Haiku Thread
Priyanka
Bhowmick, IN; Ralf Bröker, DE; Bouwe Brouwer, NL;
Cezar-Florian Ciobîcă, RO; Claire Everett, UK; Thomas
Martin, US; Diane Mayr, US; Marija Pogorilic, CR; Neal
Whitman, US
in the pitiless
rain: Haiku Sequence No. 4 Arranged from the "fall trees" Haiku
Thread
Priyanka
Bhowmick, IN; Bouwe Brouwer, NL; Magdalena Dale, RO; John
Daleiden, US; Dan Hardison, US; Alegria Imperial, CA; Ramona
Linke, DE; Jacek Margolak, PL; Sandra Martyres, IN; Malvina
Mileta, CR; Keith A. Simmonds, TT; Maria Tirenescu, RO
October Sky:
Haiku Sequence No. 5 Arranged from the "fall trees" Haiku Thread
Ralf Bröker,
DE; Bouwe Brouwer, NL; Cezar-Florian Ciobîcă, RO; Bernard
Gieske, US; Heike Gewi, DE; Marlene Hulst, NL; Alegria
Imperial, CA; Patricia Lidya, RO; Chen-ou Liu, CA; Marija
Pogorilic, CR; Keith A. Simmonds, TT; Janice Thomson, CA
a haijin starts
writing his memoirs: Haiku Sequence No. 6 Arranged from the
"fall trees" Haiku Thread
Karin
Anderson, AU; Ralf Bröker, DE; Cezar-Florian Ciobîcă, RO;
Magdalena Dale, RO; John Daleiden, US; Ignatius Fay, CA;
Heike Gewi, DE; Jacek Margolak, PL; Maria Tirenescu, RO;
Sasa Vazic, SR; Ashley Wood, UK
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