Autumn Leaves

Colorful aspen leaves, Lockett Meadow Campground, Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona, autumn 2016.

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tumult on my roof—
acorns and oak leaves thudding
till the storm is done

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Since crowds delight you,
how can one falling oak leaf
give you so much joy?

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Bring me one red leaf
from under the maple tree,
then leave me alone.

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Such a waste of breath:
lamenting the leaves falling
from my backyard plum!

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Two feral cats fight
among the falling oak leaves—
one gets bragging rights.

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Blackbird, O blackbird,
how do you balance your song
on that falling leaf?

~~ ~~ 7 ~~ ~~

It is no great loss
to watch storm clouds disappear,
but when plum leaves fall…

Haiku © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher

More Sunday’s Whirligig #182

More Poetry Pantry #423 at Poets United

Posted on October 7, 2018, in 5-7-5, Arizona, Coconino National Forest, Flagstaff, haiku, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, Sunday's Whirligig and tagged among, balance, breath, bring, clouds, crowds, delight, fight, leave, loss, tumult, waste. Bookmark the permalink. 18 Comments.

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anmol(alias HA) | October 7, 2018 at 3:23 am

Oh, the falling of all these leaves, with their meanings and expressions, is so vivid and wonderful here. I especially loved the balance of the blackbird’s song “on that falling leaf”.
-HA

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sanaarizvi | October 7, 2018 at 5:32 am

Love this especially; “It is no great loss to watch storm clouds disappear, but when plum leaves fall”… sigh .. so beautifully poignant! ❤

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Mary | October 7, 2018 at 6:27 am

Ah, there is so much to reflect on in the falling autumn leaves. My favorite, I think, is #4. We cannot bemoan what we cannot change…smiles…so we might as well find a way to enjoy. And – in #2 – there IS that joy! Autumn is a mixed bag, isn’t it?

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Gillena Cox | October 7, 2018 at 6:54 am

Awesome. you’ve made my Sunday a happy one with your sequence. My favourite :-

“Blackbird, O blackbird,
how do you balance your song
on that falling leaf?”

Thanks for dropping by my sumi-e Sunday today

much love…

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Cfressida | October 7, 2018 at 6:59 am

Bring me one red leaf
from under the maple tree
then leave me alone

LOL…thanks for the big smile. I can relate to this.

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Rosemary Nissen-Wade | October 7, 2018 at 7:25 am

A lovely reminder why, in your part of the world, autumn is called ‘fall’.

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Sherry Marr | October 7, 2018 at 8:39 am

I love this leafy poem, the falling plum leaves and, especially, the blackbird, catching the leaf elevator down. Smiles.

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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) | October 7, 2018 at 9:32 am

I love the juxtaposition of the joy for those wonderful color and the sadness of them falling… as it always is with time…

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Beverly Crawford | October 7, 2018 at 11:48 am

A symphony of autumn haikus, each with a story to tell.

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ayala | October 7, 2018 at 12:13 pm

Vivid and beautiful.

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Lisa at Greenbow | October 7, 2018 at 12:34 pm

No wonder the birds don’t sing so much during autumn. I imagine it is very difficult to balance a song on a leaf, especially when it is falling.

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kanzensakura | October 7, 2018 at 3:42 pm

I love your leafy poem a lot. Puts me in mind of my “Way of Looking at Autumn Leaves” I posted last week. So many delightful ways to look at them. I especially like the feral cats.

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Colleen@ LOOSELEAFNOTES | October 7, 2018 at 6:21 pm

feral cats with bragging rights is my favorite. I enjoyed them all.

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oldegg | October 7, 2018 at 7:15 pm

How beautiful your haiku stream was today. Personally I don’t mind leaves falling as the tree is wise and clever enoughto know that it will survive if its sap is withdrawn and conserved unfrozen until next year.

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thotpurge | October 8, 2018 at 2:20 am

Lovely…esp how can one falling oak leaf
give you so much joy?

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A ShutterBug Explores | October 8, 2018 at 8:13 am

Lovely autumn macro shot!

Happy Day to You,
A ShutterBug Explores

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janicead | October 9, 2018 at 11:55 am

Splendid and delightful series.

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purplepeninportland | October 11, 2018 at 11:54 am

These are all excellent!

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