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Autumn - 5 haikus

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Channel: Ken Middleton · 2009 · Education

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Here are 5 haikus collectively titled "Autumn". They were written during January 2009 and are performed live with an improvised ukulele accompaniment.

The chord sequence is F ///| Am ///| F ///| Dm ///| etc

Here are the haikus. They follow the usual pattern of 5, 7 & 5 syllables.

A single leaf falls
Carpeting the naked soil
Autumn has begun

The fir tree bends in
Obeisance to the wind
Bowing to its power

Trees sway branches creek
Sounds of bending and breaking
Leaves falling softly

The ground is covered
And embraced by brittle leaves
Littering my path

All the trees are bare
Like skeletons rising up
From the living earth

Five Haikus: Autumn

16/01/09

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