“A Season of Trees,” #haiku sequence

Posted on July 30, 2020 by

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This haiku sequence is for dVerse (Frank Tassone is hosting) and for Tanka Tuesday using the inspirational theme quote from Sue Vincent:

“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth.”

Herman Hesse

I like to create haiku sequences dedicated to a theme, or to share a narrative of some sort, or to reinforce a central idea. Haiku are perfect for longer form stanza poetry. 

skeleton bare trees
ebony sky silhouettes
winter's artistry
a lace of new leaves
encircles a sparrow's nest
rosy blossoms fall
silk-soft leaves of green
touch the cerulean sky
summer melodies
Autumn leaves foretell
dryad secrets faint whisper
only death brings truth

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75 Comments on ““A Season of Trees,” #haiku sequence”

  4. I liked the descriptions moving through the seasons–ebony sky silhouettes and lace of new leaves. That’s funny that we both combined these challenges.

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  12. Beautiful. I find trees very inspiring and a source of strength, and your poems convey that beautifully. Thanks, Colleen.

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  13. Very nicely done, Colleen. I love the familiar picture of tree silhouettes conveyed by the first haiku, we have some spooky ones around here, and delicate approach in the lace of new leaves encircling a sparrow’s nest.

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  16. Splendid, Colleen. Your imagery draws one in and gives the feeling of being there. I love haiku sequences and yours flow very nicely.

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  19. A pleasant walk through the seasons. We did get some rain… but I’m looking forward to autumn. I can wait a bit for the truth of winter 😉

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    • Oh, gosh… I can’t wait until October when it cools down. We have temperatures predicted in the 119 degrees F. range today for parts of Phoenix. We don’t get quite that hot, but close enough.

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  26. kaykuala

    Beautiful progression from Wintry White to Autumn Brown, Colleen, just as the prompt had asked for

    Hank

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Colleen M. Chesebro is a Michigan Poet who loves crafting syllabic poetry, flash fiction, and creative fiction and nonfiction. Colleen sponsors a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called Tanka Tuesday, on wordcraftpoetry.com where participants learn how to write traditional and current forms of haiku, senryu, haiga, tanka, gogyohka, tanka prose, renga, solo-renga, haibun, cinquain, Etheree, nonet, shadorma, Badger’s hexastich, Abhanga, and diatelle poetry. Colleen's syllabic poetry has appeared in the Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal, and in “Hedgerow, a journal of small poems,” and in various other online publications. She’s won numerous awards from participating in the Carrot Ranch Rodeo, a yearly 99-word flash fiction contest sponsored by carrotranch.com, an online writing community. Recently, she created the Double Ennead, a 99-syllable poetry form for Carrot Ranch. Colleen has published a collection of poetry, flash fiction, and short stories called, “Fairies, Myths & Magic: A Summer Celebration,” dedicated to the Summer Solstice. She contributed a short story called “The Changeling,” in the “Ghostly Rites Anthology 2020” published by Plaisted Publishing House. Colleen Chesebro’s poetry blog is called Word Craft – Prose & Poetry at https://wordcraftpoetry.com/ Her author blog is found at https://colleenchesebro.com where you will find her poetry and short stories.

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