Autumn changes her gown.
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Golden frond now falls,
Drifting through the silent trees,
On brown soil now white.
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A Japanese-style Haiku by Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin. AI tags are coincidental.
For Mikeydred's Song of Seven Challenge
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Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin
Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.
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Fall to winter
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This reminds me of a walk I once took through the woods in northern Vermont in the fall during peak foliage season. The silence was what got me as it's truly surprising how quiet it gets. Very well written!
This was just such a beautiful poem, I wouldn’t even know where to start. Even though a frond refers to a part of a leaf, it makes me think of a frock in how it sounds, so it’s like the tree is underdressing with this word choice. And the imagery of the rest of the poem perfectly matches the silent beauty of autumn. Excellent job.
I went to look up frond. It's very fitting as the season changes. The flow to the last line was perfect. I can see you went outside the box, from all the other ones I've read. Absolutely loving how you introduced the brown soil. Haven't seen that mentioned yet either. Absolutely lovely, this was 👌🏾🤗❤️
The drifting through the silent trees got me so melancholic, in a good sense.