Foliage Poems

Prismatic greetings

sunshine on warm september mornings
autumn eases in quiet and on tiptoes
love in many spleandoured colours



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 3rd place 2025

Fall foliage

autumn colours fill my eyes
leaves' transient beauty before their inevitable demise
goodbye ~ no regret or drama



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Sleepy Mountains

                             
                    snow 
    

maple leaf

maple leaf blushes
giving in to fall winds
last waltz

Grandstanding

with dusk approaching
the radiance of the day
melts in the rain

streetlights smear
the autumn colours
across the footpaths

doubling the display
of chromatic foliage
autumn gloats



AP: Honorable Mention 2025, Honorable Mention 2025

Clouds and moon II

Single silver eye
peering through the foliage
beaming monochrome

Sunset Reveries

as swans slide across lakes - sunset rays sway to autumnal reveries

ambling across swirling helix - of deadened cinnamon foliage 

mocking greenery framing skeletal bones - of lifeless roots crackling 

the warmth of your deep saffron gold aura - harvests the depth of our love

eclipsing rippling mistrals - simmering amidst auburn horizons

Sea Holly

sea holly
growing in a garden
pollinators

Falling Foliage

It is Autumn and foliage is falling
Crisp, brittle and dry that make a crunch-crunch sound
Floating down in clusters, to trees they're calling
Not to let them go, but they have touched the ground

Orange, brown and yellow hues spread everywhere
Endless sweeping wind swishes those leaves around 
A scrunchy scent permeates the Harvest air
Crushed under feet, powdery residue

Ethereal Painting of November Foliage

scarlet streaks of fair haired beauty across my transparent window
eager inspection shows ribbons of orange a bubble of yellow
new hampshire’s elms, oaks and sycamores are bursting
I feel humbled by the ultimate painter’s canvas
this ethereal painting cannot be replicated by mere man
squirrel stands for one second; is he admiring the scenery?
he pounces on walnut and is

Bashful Foliage

bashful as dawn breaks
It's about to start raining~
leaves sputter in joy

haiku - kaleidoscope views

woodland reflections
painted with autumn’s palette ~
kaleidoscope views

Snow On Foliage

Walk outside onto the scene,
pre-dawn gray, all is serene,
slivers of a morning bright,
on the pasture do alight.
October, but early snow,
came with night and winds that blow,
flakes strewn from a showerhead,
swirled while I slept in my bed.
But the leaves, they still remain,
looking like a frosted flame,
blazing orange, dusted white,
fringe the meadow in my sight.
Like a painting

Why I Loved Carolyn's Haiku Poem: Fallen Foliage

Deep in Nature's woods
                              Battle scars of weathered life
                 

The Strip Show

Dressed to the nines the envy of tall pines,
This tree on the sidelines others outshines. 
Flashing new colors of red, orange and gold. 
Proud as a peacock, standing tall and bold. 

But then a gust removes a garment stitch. 
Brings back a previous embarrassing glitch. 
Showing how pride is fleeting and fragile. 
When the dazzle

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