winterizing (troiku)

Tournesol Tournesol dans un jardin, Troiku 30 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 0 Minutes

© Cheryl-Lynn R. '15 — © Cheryl-Lynn R. ’15

(troika)

trees shedding tippets
crackling spread underfoot
adorn the ground

trees shedding tippets
turning in
season’s long sleep

crackling spread underfoot
awaits winter’s white blanket
foliaged berth

adorn the ground
making way for winter,
different shades of brown

Haiku Horizons prompt “ground”

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Published 30 Nov 20151 Dec 2015

10 thoughts on “winterizing (troiku)”

Melinda Kucsera says:

1 Dec 2015 at 3:44 am

I don’t know what a tippet is but you make sound like something I need to investigate! I love the word’s sound and how you wove it through your poems. I also love that your site is snowing. It’s a great touch.

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1. Cheryl-Lynn says:
  
  1 Dec 2015 at 7:45 am
  
  Thanks so much, Melinda, for your lovely comment. Yes, I think we need to accept the fact that snow is coming soon…last week’s first thin blanket was our warning:)
  
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  1. Melinda Kucsera says:
    
    1 Dec 2015 at 1:58 pm
    
    You’re welcome 🙂
    
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syllabubsea says:

1 Dec 2015 at 6:19 am

I enjoyed your beautiful cascade.
Marie

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1. Cheryl-Lynn says:
  
  1 Dec 2015 at 7:47 am
  
  Thanks so much, Marie, I’m pleased:)
  
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Alice Keys says:

1 Dec 2015 at 4:59 pm

What a lovely poem. I enjoyed the flowing together and apart of the form and the imagery.

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1. Cheryl-Lynn says:
  
  1 Dec 2015 at 10:29 pm
  
  Thanks so much, my dear, and today it rained just to make those lovely crunchy leaves get all slippery and mucky 😦 times like this I do prefer snow.
  
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  1. Alice Keys says:
    
    2 Dec 2015 at 3:25 am
    
    Yes. Up in the great north woods, the leaves could become as slippery as ice.
    
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Rall says:

1 Dec 2015 at 10:52 pm

Beautiful frosty imagery.

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1. Cheryl-Lynn says:
  
  1 Dec 2015 at 11:06 pm
  
  Thanks, I think I am trying to psyche myself into accepting l’inévitable.
  
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