falling leaves
a chorus of chainsaws
in the mockingbird’s song

 

 

 

 

(Originally published on Nick Virgilio Haiku Association’s ‘Haiku in Action’ blog, Nov 2021)

 

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Tracy Davidson

Tracy Davidson lives in Warwickshire, England, and enjoys writing poetry and flash fiction. Her work has appeared in various publications and anthologies, including: Modern Haiku, Simply Haiku, A Hundred Gourds, Atlas Poetica, Frogpond, Heron's Nest, Mslexia, The Binnacle, The Right-Eyed Deer, and In Protest: 150 Poems on Human Rights.

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  1. I love this. I really like how the "falling" in the first line is picked up (and given a twist) by the "chainsaws" in the second. Even the extending line lengths seem to accentuate the idea of falling.

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