Autumn haiku

lustrous hair spun gold
autumn lies on burnished leaves
sunset on her lips



october dusk
pumpkin lips whisper
of halloween feasts

maple morning
magpies in a flap
exchanging trees

Odour of Winter

Golden leaves rip through the stirring breeze,
The last flurry of Autumn.
Burnished veins, dried
wrinkle the roadside
crunching together
For warmth.

Nights nip,
snap at wrists and ankles,
prickling pallid flesh.

I cradle the pale sun
staving off
the darker days
of Winter.

hayfields

harvest noon
a faint drizzle falls on
shredded hayfields

autumn leaves

autumn leaves ride
windblown ripples
autumn force

rebirth senyru

on lines of a page
or artists canvas
rebirth

Visit to Garnish Island, Cork, Ireland in haiku

autumn leaves
surf the waves
boat to the islands



moss covered mountains
circle a silver sea
seals basking

swirling winds
pine needles spin the sky
island day



mustard gorse
yellows shale rock face
garnish island

mustard gorse
amid beads of heather
crickets croak

knee deep in heather
the scent
so sweet

martello tower
on garnish island
carved gardens

clouds scatter
pine trees ponder
an island day

on shale rock
a fly and me
buzzing

a rattling wind
through rhododendrons
trudge of gravel

slipway
waves leap the rocks
golden seaweed dangles

high winds
frill the tide
golden seaweed swirls

mist shrouds the mountains
strong scent of seaweed
blisters the bay

after a deluge
a rainbow bridges mountains
heavenly light

rhododendron wood
sunlight bounces
from wet rocks