gold russet
brushing the edges,
fading photograph
~0~0~
melancholy
deep as red burnished leaves,
steeped in my tea
~0~0~
with eager eyes,
wings lift to sky,
empty nest
For Haiku Heights: Autumn - This is part of the September Challenge of Haiku Heights
Beautiful. You have captured autumn. Favorite of mine is #2 -- I love the simile!
ReplyDeleteLast one took me along...thanks Grace..
ReplyDeleteI am here with autumn..http://rameshsood.blogspot.in/2012/09/autumn-sheds-inhibitions.html
Your words flow so smoothly :-)
ReplyDeleteGrace--lovely. Enjoyed all three, but my favorite is the last--love that freedom so lightly brushstroked in.
ReplyDeleteSuch delicate images! I love the steeped tea!
ReplyDeletePretty haiku. The last one caught my heart. I know that part of autumn.
ReplyDeleteLast one is my favorite too! Terrific set! :)
ReplyDeleteHeart turned wood in wait!
Yes, the empty nests of autumn, vibrant colours, and looks to the heavens. Yum!
ReplyDeleteRick
I like the movement in the last one, although the middle one feeling and colour too.
ReplyDeleteLove them all!
ReplyDeleteLovely haiku. I especially like the last one - I feel a 'good' melancholy regarding "empty nest"
ReplyDeleteCaptured the essence of the season and it was very pleasin'
ReplyDeleteOh, no, not the empty nest, please, not yet.. Sad, it's going to feel sad when they fly away eagerly.
ReplyDeleteLoved your words, as always.
All beautiful! Blew me away!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat and sensitive progression here of the edges of things that must be tended to--fading pictures, melancholy, empty nest--and also the eagerness and freedom and wings to drink the tea and move forward. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteQuite sad images for autumn but I enjoy reading them. As always!
ReplyDeleteThey are all great but the second is my favorite. I love tea and can see the melancholy color.
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely set. That melancholy painted with tea is quite a charming image.
ReplyDeleteNice, I like the first one and the use of a fading photograph
ReplyDeleteI loved the 2nd...
ReplyDeleteAnd a very lovely expression...
http://locomente.blogspot.in/2012/09/autumn.html
What lovely haiku!
ReplyDeleteYes! Autumns are melancholic.
ReplyDeleteThree different haiku, all amazing. ( They really did amaze me)
You have painted Autumn so well ... these haiku are really wonderful.
ReplyDeleteLovely haiku, but I love the powerful imagery of the second one. Well done. Mine is here: http://readinpleasure.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/haiku-heights-prompt-autumn/
ReplyDeleteI like "steeped in my tea." Nice.
ReplyDeleteLovely set Grace...Third one is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteLove the last one.. it's like the autumn leaf has left home to find another. Will it succeed, is a question that follows :)
ReplyDeleteI love the first one...
ReplyDeletehttp://chaigaramchai.blogspot.in/2012/09/autumn-haiku.html
Just a query.. how old are you?
Older than you. Why do you want to know ?
DeleteI dont know... I just wish to know... it's ok if you cant reveal...
DeleteBeautiful.
ReplyDeleteWe have more leaves down today, I took the boy his walk just before the heavy rains arrived and there was one small maple leaf on the grass which was a perfect rich red in colour, it looked so beautiful. But, the rain is heavy now and there looks to be some flash flooding if it doesn't ease up.
I really love this, especially because autumn is my favorite season. i've been waiting all hot and humid summer long for autumn.
ReplyDeleteExcellent examples of the unexpected surprises in Haiku!!
ReplyDeleteSeptember Heights - Autumn
Inspired haiku!
ReplyDeleteGreat response to prompt...thank you.
ReplyDeletePeace,
Siggi in Downeast Maine
Oh, that empty nest tears at my heart!
ReplyDeleteMy Lady Autumn
you are drawing me in with such short forms brimming with emotions....
ReplyDeleteI love this... :D
ReplyDeleteI just did a prompt on PUnited for signs of autumn.
I would love if you posted this!
Gorgeous
Of course, Ella ~
DeleteSo beautiful. Love the mental image of those little wings, lifting off......
ReplyDeleteI really like the first one. It makes me feel as if there is a time in the past that needs to be remembered. Visiting from Poets United.
ReplyDeleteI love the red leaves steeped in tea. What a perfect image for fall.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful !
ReplyDeleteGreat use of color and some deep thoughts interwoven, outstanding!
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