Autumn Shadows [Haiku]

autumn long shadows
of a tuft of tall grass
etch rocky ground.

Autumn Afternoon [Haiku]

Autumn afternoon,
light warms a copse of pines;
beyond: crisp blue sky.

Amid the Pines [Haiku]

amid pines, blue sky
Autumn days masquerade
as Summertime.

Season Bridge [Haiku]

yellow daisies grow
from crack & fissure;
bridging Summer & Fall.

PROMPT: Favorite Holiday

Daily writing prompt
What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite?

Halloween. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. (Suck it, Andy Williams, December is too cold.) And I like a holiday that has a dark side and embraces it.

I like Thanksgiving’s food but think a practice of being grateful just once a year is bad form.

DAILY PHOTO: Autumn Forest

Photograph taken in Big Trees Forest Preserve in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
Photograph taken in Big Trees Forest Preserve in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
Photograph taken in Big Trees Forest Preserve in Sandy Springs, Georgia.

Gnawed Hickory Nut [Haiku]

Photograph of Big Creek Trail in Roswell, Georgia.
bench beside trail:
vacant but for a gnawed
hickory nutshell.

Skulking Deer [Senryū]

Photograph of a deer taken from Alpharetta's Big Creek Greenway Trail.
step: "Crunch - Crack!" --
skulking deer startles itself,
looks out: who noticed?

Gust [Haiku]

Photograph taken at Pai Canyon near Pai, Thailand.
Autumn gust
sends leaf fluttering --
cat paws at it.

Long Days Inside Short Days [Senryū]

the grain is ripe. 
the days are short.
the farmer, weary.