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Autumn aka The Fall is an intriguing season as we have too long been used to the late Spring resurgence of nature, and then the warmth and sometimes heat of Summer. We can be taken by surprise in the Northern Hemisphere on both a natural history level as well as on a personal plateau.
Autumn can be seen as a time for contemplation after the holiday atmosphere of the warmer side of Spring and the heat of Summer.
It has provoked in me many feelings such as:
drifting rain
my hundred autumn rooms
to be alone
Alan Summers
Best of Mainichi 2012 (Japan 2013)
Anthology Credit: A Vast Sky, An Anthology of Contemporary World Haiku (Tancho Press 2015)
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am I the ghost
of a child who died before me?
autumn deepens
Alan Summers
Haiku Novine ISSN 1451-3889 (December 2012)
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I found this a very atmospheric ku, since for us November is the month of the Holy Souls and all the bonfires have been extinguished, leaving ash in their wake. Very effective.
November 2nd, 2016 at 5:29 pm
__ Nice Marion_! This, a humble echo from the chill. Smiles_! _m
in a colder day
my name crosses this window
scratchings on its frost
November 3rd, 2016 at 5:46 am
Hello Marion:
So poignant ! A wonderful emotionally impactful ku. Hope all is well with you. E-mail me.
All love forever,
Al
November 3rd, 2016 at 8:07 am
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Autumn aka The Fall is an intriguing season as we have too long been used to the late Spring resurgence of nature, and then the warmth and sometimes heat of Summer. We can be taken by surprise in the Northern Hemisphere on both a natural history level as well as on a personal plateau.
Autumn can be seen as a time for contemplation after the holiday atmosphere of the warmer side of Spring and the heat of Summer.
It has provoked in me many feelings such as:
drifting rain
my hundred autumn rooms
to be alone
Alan Summers
Best of Mainichi 2012 (Japan 2013)
Anthology Credit: A Vast Sky, An Anthology of Contemporary World Haiku (Tancho Press 2015)
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And
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am I the ghost
of a child who died before me?
autumn deepens
Alan Summers
Haiku Novine ISSN 1451-3889 (December 2012)
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November 7th, 2016 at 3:52 pm
Hi Marion P! :)
I found this a very atmospheric ku, since for us November is the month of the Holy Souls and all the bonfires have been extinguished, leaving ash in their wake. Very effective.
marion
April 11th, 2017 at 9:34 am
So poignant ! A wonderful emotionally impactful ku. Hope all is well with you. E-mail me.