2022 Fall Haiku Contest - now until November 30!

[Bonsai Nut]

In celebration of the changing of the seasons, we're going to have a fun contest! The rules are simple: all you have to do is post to this thread with your best Fall Haiku.

The winner will be chosen at random from entries in this thread. The "quality" of your haiku will not be judged

Please do not enter more than once, though you can post more than a single haiku if you are so inclined. Your entry has to be in before midnight, Nov 30, 2022 - in whatever local time you live.

The winner of the contest will receive a very nice pair of 8.25" bonsai scissors from Wazakura Japan.

 

[ShadyStump]

Haiku - Wikipedia

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For those of us who can't remember the format, or might otherwise be curious.

 

[BrianBay9]

OK, first to go:

I rise each morning
older than the day before.
Knees and feet complain.

 

[Tums]

Very timely:

Home from vacation
Found an unpleasant surprise
Water heater leaks

 

[stu929]

Leaves clinging to hope
Spectacular sights for all
Till lifeless they fall

My wife says:

Haikus don’t make since
But I’ll write one anyway
Hippopotamus!

[EDIT]
So many haikus
Cascade across the web page
Must combine to track
[/EDIT]

 

[Colorado]

Frost on leaves and breath.
Yellow, orange, red, and purple;
A chill in the air.

 

[HankDio]

Even though it stung
My ears, my nose, and my hands
The Moon looked so big

 

[penumbra]

Orange glow warms my face

ghost pale ashes fall like snow

upon frosted hair


Window frames clatter

small angry animals

no cage holds the wind


Wind words in my ears

tempt me from the world today

wrap me in white sound



Behind snow kissed peak

ribbons of orchid on rose

the suns lonesome gift



Frozen sheaths of glass

shattered crystal clouds of grey

soundless the cricket


Depth of pure feeling

hidden spaces within words

naught deeper than these



This thing steals my air

waiting, anticipating

to be of one breath


Words have fled away

not found within my grasping

searching for my tongue


Each unto our own

in isolation...in sync...

inseparable


Wingless is their flight

the realm of capricious Gods

who dare love so deep



It is always a pleasure to share my poetry............
thank you

 

[ShadyStump]

Oh, autumn, to sleep.
To sleep perchance to dream then?
Dead bards hale winter.

Low, long, sharp, brilliant
Scorching torch at noon, dull
Converse challenges

Syrius follows
Orion's taut belt
Pleiades' beauty

Ah, a pumpkin!
Spices of tropical lands!
Dear God, for a soup!

Here on the north side
Does eat my lilacs again
The herbs have all died

To Halloween then!
¡Y dea de los muertos!
Then NaNoWriMo?

So many, many
So very little of it
Still, tic tok, tic tok

 

[shimbrypaku]

The Wind whisper’s my name
Be wary of the coming season change
Place me on the ground

Cut prune Shari Jin water
Watch the sun grow me stronger today
Snow wind hail thunder rain

My age is not known
My rings cannot be seen by eye
Still I please the eye

Color change to bright orange
Then I fall to the cold ground
Waiting for the warm spring

[EDIT]
Like leaves in the wind
I gather haiku closely
and place them as one
[/Edit]

 

[Lorax7]

A carpet of orange
Time for bending junipers
Oops! Branch snapped; now jin

 

[Michael P]

Winter trees: silent
strength waiting for distant but
certain renewal.

 

[BonsaiNaga13]

Leaves have fallen from the trees
The forest begins to rest
Colder days shall come

 

[RJG2]

Tourists come to peep
Foliage so warm and bright
Get out of my damn state

 

[Dragon60]

My leaves change color
They dry and wither and fall
As I stand stoic

 

[FreshAirSunshine]

I wished to submit
Below entries I had read
Prostration is apt

 

[Patrick K]

Maples dropping leaves
Memories falling away
My new beginning

 

[Chosennugget]

A freezing morning
Dressed in many warm layers
I will sweat later

 

[Hack Yeah!]

Daylight becomes scarce

Another journey complete

Contemplate darkness

 

[Pitoon]

As the hard wind blows
Leaves dance and play on the trees
Once they tire they fall