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Pumpkin Patch

Awaiting their fateThey sit in the pumpkin patchThe children circleTo pick the perfect pumpkinFor a Jack-o-Lantern face Jack-O-Lantern Halloween pumpkinAdores the laughing childrenCome to Trick or Treat For Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 6

Red Jewels

Red pomegranatesHeavy on italian treesJuicy jewel seeds Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry challenge No. 4

An Autumn Equinox Tanka

Stunning harvest moonIlluminates the cornfieldsOscillating stalksSly corn-spirit animalA wolf that casts no shadow Written for Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry challenge. Listed among Colleen’s kigo phrases for the Autumn Equinox is “corn-spirit animals.” There are apparently many types of corn-spirit animals, including one taking the form of a wolf. The “corn-wolf” was known to causeContinue reading “An Autumn Equinox Tanka”