Haiku

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starlight
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Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:48 pm

Dead brown leaves fall down
So quietly to the ground
The trees die slowly...
Last edited by starlight on Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:09 pm

Welcome to the forum, hope you enjoy it here.

Please read the forum rules - You are required to do at least two crits per poem posted.

The Haiku train is not for posting comments in - You are supposed to take the last line of the previous haiku and use it as the first line of the next. Hence haiku train. Just a bit of fun.

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Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:35 pm

I had a problem with 'lush'. You could describe green summer foliage as lush, but not dead leaves.

'fall down quietly' is a little over-used, try and use something more original.

'The trees die slowly' - I take it that this is in contrast to the leaves - I like it.

I messed around with it and came up with this, probably not what you were aiming for - butr I enjoyed doing it.

Brittle leaves drift down.
Snow-silent autumn ground
waits for trees to die.

cheers

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Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:24 pm

Welcome and a good start
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Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:49 am

Gidday

...subtle...

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