falling in love

falling in love
with the autumn leaves,
watching them drop,
leaving me, yet again,
to face winter alone

Halloween Haiku 10-27-2006

Halloween Haiku 10-27.06

A bad goblin
He stares at me in the eye
Sniffing my fear

a witchcraft
she put a spell on me
destroying my heart


Many jacks
Standing along the graveyard
Silently laughing

©2006 Kai Croft

Happy Halloween

;-)

Halloween

Halloween
gales gather all the leaves
into corners

the sun's warmth

the sun's warmth
fills the autumn day
as winter snickers

how can it be

how can it be

spring in australia

if it's fall here?

she asks, while spinning

the globe upside down

pumpkin pie

pumpkin pie
my mother tells me
it's sugarless

-Deborah P Kolodji

passing the pumpkin patch

passing the pumpkin patch
my daughter rubs
her pregnant belly

photo by mmm

autumn dusk
only a crow outside
my window

Deborah P Kolodji

twitchers

autumn winds
bring a rare visitor
so many eyes


Photograph by Phill Deason; words by Mandy Smith

how can it be

how can it be
spring in australia
if it's fall here?
she asks, while spinning
the globe upside down

Another Autumn Night

Another Autumn Night

There were no stars; no moonlight in the sky, just a chilly cold breeze slapped my face. Leaves were spreading everywhere on the sidewalk ground. It was after Halloween party. I have to say goodbye to my friends. I went on the bus and the radio was playing my favorite songs. So while on the road, I was bouncing my head and singing to myself.

When I got home, I kept thinking those great nights were best nights of my life. Because I smiled and laugh, bringing wonderful memories to my bedroom.

Haiku:

He laughs
In the chilly wind
My little humor?..

On the road
I watched the headlights
Reaching home

After party
I?m changing the
Time to darkness
~
©2006 Kai Croft

always wistful - she
gathers longing like forest floors
collect autumn leaves

leaves
colour of her hair once
running through them

overnight freeze
noon sunshine and perfect blue
autumn in the desert

frost melting
in early morning sun
hunting boots
left outside overnight
still mud-caked and frozen

First autumn storm

Wind playing rough
a tornado of leaves
sweeps across the yard
mind cleared by the wind
winter ahead calmly waiting.

Get Ready

.
cold, thin moon hangs in possibility
as work of last leaves race this day
winter touching hands
unmittened
.

high winds
children and leaves
in confusion...school-bell

autumn star
alone with my thoughts
this evening

-Deborah P Kolodji

even in my den
leaves falling
...the bonsai

all tricks
a masked man robs
a liquor store

autumn butterfly

wind driven rain
whips the branches,
strips the trees

driving wind

driving wind-
summer leaves
fly south

watch the rain
play a little blues
one more leaf falls

In my own thoughts
a sudden shower of leaves
realizing the season.

Who'll do winter

These last couple of months seem to have flown by.

Alison & Matt started off the first Spring blog and then Dustin organised a Summer blog. Andrew and I are responsible for the running of this Autumn Blog.

This blog will close to contributions on October 31st -- it will remain visible and open to comments.

Who is going to volunteer to oversee a Winter blog?

rabbit in the shade
through the leaves
sun patterns his fur

monarch butterflies

monarch butterflies

disrupt my writing

of tanka-

flying away with them

in my autumn daydream

Falling Leaves

Text: Andrei Dorian Gheorghe, coordinator of The Best of SARM

Photo: Calin Niculae, author of Black&White ? Between and Beyond

Posted on their behalf as requested.

See their Spring and Summer posts.

During autumn

During autumn
I slept for 2 days
Straight----
~
©2006 Kai Croft

meadow's edge -
near the rusted harrow
a deer trail

city pavements
beneath every tree
leaves to kick through

autumn weekend

autumn weekend
sparkling sunlight shines
on bare limbs

Driving In

Seven miles into town. Day in, day out. You notice the new things. A large piece of cardboard near the big turn. A refrigerator box? Was it going to the dump? Your eyes search the shoulder left, right. To the girls--"Tell me if you see any elk." The rut is well underway. And the new things in the road: things you drive around. Don't want that mess on your tires. Audrey reads. Kate hums to herself. We have, with us, a posterboard cutout of a Sonoran pronghorn. It fills the passenger seat. "You just passed one," Kate says. What? An antelope? "An elk." An elk! I never saw it. I turn up the heater. I'm going to have to start parking in the garage now.

dead
skunk conversation
starter

little leafboat
the gull's inquisitiveness
wrecks it on the shore

on the bird
table, a snail - to eat or
be eaten

Friday the 13-th

.
friday the 13-th
a crack
on the mirror
.

Natalia L. Rudychev

Alamoana?shopping center Hawii - Google ???

Alamoana?shopping center Hawii - Google ???

Seasons change
autumn next winter
my kitchen is cooking

through tattered leaves
skein after skein of geese
cross the sky

In memory of David Priebe

David Priebe, aka Renge and long-time publisher of Haiku Headlines, passed away recently. He is a member of the Southern California Haiku Study Group based in the Los Angeles area. His camaraderie and gentleness, together with his poems, will be sorely missed. Our condolences to the family.

the hummingbird
flies down with a falling leaf
news of his death
Renge finally signs off
Haiku Headlines

Vic Gendrano

summer visitors gone
the piper plays on
leaves filling his case

October wind

October wind —
chasing
the last train

Columbus Day

Columbus Day —
the bag lady’s
turquoise necklace

One autumn day

One autumn day
She find yellow leaves all
Over the ground
~
©2006 Kai Croft

above me

above me,

falling from pine branches,

brown spent needles

on my unkempt hair-

thinner each autumn

autumn weekend

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full hunter's moon
moon of the falling leaves
gliding through blue night

soggy leaves.
forgotten teabag
in my cup.

for Francine Porad

windless night —
so many leaves
at the foot of the tree

GENTLY, EVER SO GENTLY

.
The 37-th WHA Haiga Contest
.

93 degrees

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the child kicking leaves

intermittent
solar lights - only charging
on the bright days

autumn leaves

autumn leaves
begin their day

by falling

high above
the homecoming parade
migrating geese

autumn moon

autumn moon
in my dark brown eyes
gazing so pretty--
~
©2006 kai croft
    

Last Day of September

For the first time in three years I'll be home for the month of October. I wanted to celebrate early. A day early. September 30, noon. I drove out of town on I-17, to the fairgrounds. The fair was a couple weekends ago, but the revelry goes on. At one end of the park, a music festival; the other, bull riding. I strolled between the two, waiting out the hour. At 1 p.m. my daughter would be leaving ballet. "Don't be late, dad."

a mile from the
amphitheater, blues
off my back

throwing crabapples
at their kids--
two mothers

roping arena--
the pickups gather
in herds

kicking leaves

kicking
through the leaves
sound of its season


BBC 1 - Regional arts feature November 2003 (Front Room)
'Azami', Osaka haiku magazine, Japan, no.38 Dec. 1996

windfall

October -
the fragrance of fresh shellac
on old snow shoes