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Friday, 2 November 2007

Autumn Colours

a suite of haiku

pink berries
on orange leaved rowan -
sun rises red

yellow berries
on red leaved rowan -
orange sunrise

red berries
on yellow leaved rowan -
pink morning sky


Wild rowan has red berries, the trees around Edinburgh with their varied coloured berries must be ornamental varieties.

12 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:35 pm

    I liked how you used the different colors in the same places. If that makes any sense.

    Rose

    xo

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  2. Thanks Rose - it totally makes sense!

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  3. interesting and effective use of colours.

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  4. Anonymous10:20 pm

    Lovely poems about one of my favorite trees! Here they are called mountain ash, but the Scottish name is so much prettier I always use it.

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  5. *sigh

    So beautiful... these words will have me dreaming colors for days.

    :-)

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  6. Anonymous3:58 am

    You really have a gift for poetry. I grew up in Scotland and oh, how I miss the trees. You don't see many rowans in Australia. Your poem made me homesick but also very happy!

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  7. Colorful - beautiful!

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  8. Anonymous7:10 am

    I love love the coulors in your haikus!

    krissie - message in a bottle blog

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  9. wow, i actually felt like a i was tasting when i read these poems. amazing... amazing

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  10. I've finally remembered to add you to my feedreader. I will now visit you far more regularly. Sorry its taken me so long!

    This collection of haiku is great - I felt like I was spinning around, faster and faster with all the colours blurring into one autumnal rainbow!

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  11. Jem - thanks! I look forward to you visitng more!

    Brian - don't taste though - rowan berries are poisonous to humans!

    Sandy - we call them mountain ash too

    Selma - thanks! Yes Scottish trees are wonderful!

    Marc, Krissie - thanks!

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  12. Oh, I really love these.

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