sudden late bloomer
red leaves appearing against
the evergreen tree
Written for the Tricycle October 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, red leaves.
... and occasional Tanka... and Haibun. Started after a competition on the unbound.co.uk blog (see #1 and #2). Mostly actually senryu, I think. This year attempting to publish a Haiku every day - 365 Haiku a Day. For good or for ill, I always aim to stick rigidly to a 5-7-5 structure - forgive me if I have counted the syllables wrong, often they are how I have said, or thought, them in my head rather than their official number.
sudden late bloomer
red leaves appearing against
the evergreen tree
Written for the Tricycle October 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, red leaves.