tiny but vivid
the fuchsia buds contribute
to autumn's color choir

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It's been over a month since we've had any substantial amount.

rain's hesitant taps
as if asking permission
after such a drought

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tall loblolly pines
their needles a golden carpet
softening our steps

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before their journey
geese glean carefully among
the tawny fields

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I live near a highway, so I hear traffic noise any time of the day or night. Used to be I grumbled about being woken up by birds; now I hardly hear any this early.

over the traffic
piercing through the dim fall dawn
a single bird call

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tired bumblebee
splayed out on a fall flower
both at their strength's end

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the squirrel’s skitter
answers the leaves’ shuffle
walking down the trail

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the old, forked oak
graciously accommodates
a tired hiker

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not the target, yet
the heron takes flight, fleeing
a shotgun’s report

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slow, silent circles
the kestrel watches and waits
drifting in the fall wind

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Normally I post the haiku with the picture, but in this case the inspiration didn't come until later. 😆

restless, relentless
the questing mycelium
laid bare on a leaf

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a fever broken,
windows open for cool nights:
finally, it's fall

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it's too damn hot out!
attempting to summon fall:
pumpkin spice candle

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autumn's first monarch
a dwindling migration
yet hope still flutters

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the windchimes hang still
only the cicadas sing
to a leaden sky

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velveted antlers
the young buck tosses his head
impatient for fall

https://worlddeer.org/deer-velvet-shedding/

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summer's red result;
hard work's slow, well-earned reward:
that first tomato

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Come to think of it, this is the first one I've heard all summer.

a rasping beacon
on a stifling summer night
his chirps unanswered

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Walked a trail in a large park. There are parts where I can almost forget I'm still in the city. Not sure who was more startled- me, or the heron that sprang up out of nowhere at one point while I looked at a stream.

city sanctuary
the heron rises, silent
startled by my steps

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garden inspector:
electric blue dragonfly
hovers in the heat

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