Thursday, August 31, 2006

Weekend assignment

Weekend Assignment #127: Write a haiku saying farewell to summer. A haiku, as many of you know, is a poem of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second and five again in the third. Simple and fun, and anyone can do 'em. You can do more than one if you want. As a bonus, technically speaking haiku are supposed to feature seasonal imagery, so we've got that going for us this time around.

Extra Credit: A picture of a fun summer activity you're saying goodbye to for another year.
Two for one:

Fat red apple falls
thump upon the verdant grass
sign of summer's ebb


scarlet leaf descends
upon an early morning
chilly autumn breeze

No extra credit this week. Words only here.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice haiku....Sandi

Anonymous said...

Evocative words
Show me a season I can
Barely imagine.

Karen
http://outmavarin.blogspot.com/2006/09/summer-and-monsoonsome-17.html

Anonymous said...

I love the second one.  It feels very Japanese.  Espeicially the scene it evokes.

Not that anything is wrong with the first one.  I just hate the word VERDANT.  It seems to have no other use except to make appearances in poems.  

Mrs. L

Anonymous said...

humid lazy days
becoming cool and hazy
morns of graying glaze.

CATHY

Anonymous said...

hi Paul!
I like the"thump"
nice work!natalie

Anonymous said...

Nice Haiku Paul!....Fat red apples... :)  Julie

Anonymous said...

Love it.... Fat red apples...

be well,
Dawn

Anonymous said...

the verdant and the scarlet are cool too!
nat