Oak Leaves

Sep 4

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ten thousand oak leaves—
shaking his head with disgust
an old gardener
 
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ten thousand oak leaves—
see the old gardener pout
as he rakes and rakes
 
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ten thousand oak leaves—
old gardener’s rusty rake
snags a soggy wad

 
© 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Posted on September 4, 2013, in Carpe Diem, haiku, Poetry Jam, Three Word Wednesday and tagged . Bookmark the permalink. 19 Comments.

  1. Nanka | September 4, 2013 at 5:42 am

    I’m sure the old gardener is not rewarded with wads of notes for all the hard labour!!

    Poor old gardener
    Rakes and rakes, no wads of green
    Just some Autumn mess
    🙂

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  2. Laurie Kolp | September 4, 2013 at 9:11 am

    I especially like the first one.

    You could link this to Poetry Jam, too, as the prompt is RUST– http://poetryjaam.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-thing-about-rust.html

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  3. Sheilagh Lee | September 4, 2013 at 11:14 am

    yes it’s that time of year, poor gardener,

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  4. kaykuala | September 4, 2013 at 3:31 pm

    Pity the old guy! But at least he is healthy doing all that! Nicely MMT!

    Hank

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  5. adameverhard | September 4, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    Soon it will be time for leaf raking again.
    Where I live, it’s one of the things paid for by the HOA fee that I grumble about every month. However, I may end up helping my mother with hers.

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  6. Mary A Writes | September 4, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    Such a timely poem. It is September. All those pesty old leaves will soon fill lots of yards and the gardeners will be feeling just like your poetry.

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  7. Irene Golembo | September 4, 2013 at 7:45 pm

    Love the sound of ‘snags a soggy wad’

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    • magicalmysticalteacher | September 4, 2013 at 8:43 pm

      There really are! But you have to look hard for them, and they are more likely to be found in the northern deserts than down here in the Sonoran.

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  9. alan1704 | September 5, 2013 at 2:24 am

    I love the way the old rusty rake is used to gather the old leaves. Much more to this and my heart certainly is filled with the old leaves the world trows at me. Love this.

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  10. brian miller | September 5, 2013 at 7:03 am

    ha. not looking forward to the raking but def the beauty of fall….very cool set…..

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  11. Helen Dehner | September 5, 2013 at 10:13 am

    Wonderful chain of haiku ….

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  12. Sherry Blue Sky | September 5, 2013 at 11:01 am

    I know that grouchy old gardener……I loved these!

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  13. Susan | September 9, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    oh the rusty rake
    that mounds dry leaves and bracken
    fans smoky fall fires

    love your haiku … sets the mood for autumn!

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