The Loudest Silence
in the air, just after the storm
there is a stillness,
changing the heart, the soul
so wherever light falls
there are shadows of regret
reflected in the music
the rhythm of serenity
fading beneath the sea of grief
wisdoms shame our deeds
as the stars reveal each pitiful
pleasure, each intimate gesture
in the air, after the storm
in the hesitation of a silent melody
in the...
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Categories:
autumn, longing, muse, silence,
Form: Free verse
End of Fall Hiku
Categories:
autumn,
Form: Haiku
Indigo MoodIndigo Mood
Skies azure chilling
Birds freely gliding
Zealous hues
Indigo mood
Short drive around town
Growing up in a small house
Fall burnt colors
Leaves wonder everywhere
Miscellaneous places
Afternoon walks
Independent thoughts
Songs travel on
Melody through smiles
Past paint brush fields...
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Categories:
autumn,
Form: Rhyme
Early Morning InterruptionEarly Moring Interuption
Travelling steamed coffee
Aroma in silence
A lamp early dusk
Trees swaying are curious
Mountains embrace us
From afar
Just pondering ajar
Hinder early morning
Coffee gives me lightning
Wake up to another blessing
Leaves scattered
Poetry thoughts gather
Interrupted eye catching
Overflow clouds dancing...
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Categories:
autumn,
Form: Rhyme
Heart By The LakeLife is a rollercoaster of emotions
Once you are happy,
In a blink you're sad:
Or in a glimpse of a rage memory,
you'll feel at lost,
regretful of the past.
Our mind's a spring of feelings,
it's up to you
how you react.
Forgive yourself
Is one wise act.
Forgive others
Is a perfect path.
Your real self
Is in a nutshell.
You can...
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Categories:
autumn, 5th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Free verse
A Seasonal AffairA frigid spell of arctic air
adorns the tranquil western scene;
a stunning glimpse of fall’s affair
with spring’s vivacious flower queen.
When autumn’s cooling wind combines
with April's warming playful breeze,
a whirling tempest paints designs
on grounds of winter’s icy freeze.
On sculptured hills of milky snows
October's tepid finger strolls,
and May's...
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Categories:
autumn, beauty, change, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Issa Translations IIThese are English translations of Issa haiku about the seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter.
Autumn wind ...
She always wanted to pluck
the reddest roses
?Kobayashi Issa translation by Michael R. Burch
Issa wrote the haiku above after the death of his daughter Sato with the note: “Sato, girl, 35th day, at the grave.”
In this world where I was born
every...
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Categories:
autumn, rose, spring, stars,
Form: Haiku
Like an Autumn LeafUnleashed by a breeze in autumn, I could f l o a t.
What was magical then
has become a melancholy note.
I drift through mist; Farewell to...
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Categories:
autumn,
Form: Rhyme
in the autumn morn
in the autumn morn
a chickadee visiting
~ love upon the wing
AP: Honorable Mention 2025...
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Categories:
autumn, bird, love,
Form: Haiku
a fall hikuinhaling brightness
while tasting sunset’s breeze . . .
caressed by fall’s bliss...
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Categories:
autumn,
Form: Haiku
Echoes of AutumnFading gentle touch,
Echoes drift like autumn leaves—
Sweetness slips away.
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Author’s Note:
Like autumn leaves quietly drifting away, this haiku speaks to the fading of a gentle touch. It captures that bittersweet moment when something tender slips through our hands, yet leaves behind a soft echo in the heart—a quiet trace of what once was, still lingering in...
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Categories:
autumn, nostalgia,
Form: Haiku
Persusasive Waterspersuasive “ “ “ “ “ “ “ waters in gravitational pull
plummeting “ “ “ “ ...
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Categories:
art, autumn, beauty, water,
Form: Ekphrasis
Chinese Translations IVCHINESE TRANSLATIONS IV
These are English translations of Chinese poems about nature, the seasons, autumn, winter, spring, night, time, tears, flowers and love.
Seeking a Mooring
by Wang Wei
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
A leaf drifts through infinite space,
a cold wind rends distant clouds.
The river flows seaward,
the tide repulses.
Beyond the moonlit reeds,
in unseen villages, I hear
fullers’ mallets
pounding...
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Categories:
autumn, love, nature, night,
Form: Free verse
shadows of light
Categories:
autumn, appreciation, light, morning, poetry,
Form: Haiku
The Last AutumnLeaf got cried,
On moving apart.
The pain wandered
Inside a Lil heart.
The living trend,
Lasting for long
Blowed the wind
Asking the will along!
To separate heartily
Relations on a bid!
Aparting soul merrily!
Getting a silent rid!
The determine lasts
One the only will,
Before moments pass,
Earlier to be shrinked!
Asking for a heart
Emotions let filled!
One with fond arts
Living love still!...
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Categories:
autumn, 1st grade, allusion, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Autumn Poems
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