Oliver Mckeithan Poet Haibun

The Bridge

The Bridge
Trees clothed in blazing yellows and flaming reds reach towards the sky in gentle supplication, preparing for their naked winter.  Fat orange pumpkins are last gasp of fallow fields. Warm, pleasant days give way to frosty nights. Apples give of themselves to make the sweet nectar that warms us. Bushy tailed rodents squirrel away nuts and bears grow fat in anticipation of the long cold season ahead. Time slows and matures as winter approaches.  Fall is that short bridge between frenetic summer and still winter.

                                   I am in the Fall
                                   Crossing that short bridge
                                   Winter grows closer.

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CayCay Godwin May 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM ahhhh man, last lines hit me where I live, didn't see them coming. Your closing only amplified your fine prose like a curve ball intensifying a pitch. I felt the read. Poetry hugs ... CayCay Oliver Mckeithan May 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM Thank you very much CayCay. I appreciate your kind comments and like the baseball analogy

Kim Rodrigues February 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM Great haibun! I can visualize that final haiku. Fall..crossing..short..Winter…closer. I found it interesting…for example in Winter the daylight is shorter..I can feel the Winter creeping closer. A great stand alone ku. Oliver Mckeithan February 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM Thanks Kim. This was the first one I ever wrote. Glad you liked this one.

Jan Allison October 30, 2016 at 5:44 PM What wonderful description in your haibun I have enjoyed the challenge of writing this form in a couple of poems... I have learned so so much since I joined soup in Feb 2014!:-) hugs Jan xx Oliver Mckeithan October 30, 2016 at 6:42 PM Thank you Jan. This is the only Haibun I have written because it is difficult for me. Oliver

Cona Adams January 11, 2016 at 5:10 AM A fabulous Haibun, Oliver. Great imagery! Oliver Mckeithan January 11, 2016 at 5:17 AM Thanks Cona. Oliver

Poet Destroyer A November 8, 2015 at 1:14 PM Hi Oliver, you paint a pretty path. However, I live in South Texas, where the bridge is long between all season, a few years back we forgot what winter felt like. Love the style above. creative . LINDA Oliver Mckeithan November 8, 2015 at 8:26 PM Hello Linda, I lived in two different parts of Texas many years ago in the Air Force. The weather was too hot and dry for me. Glad you liked the Haibun. Thanks Oliver