In September did you watch how nature ushered in the fall season?
On a particularly warm day, I noticed a simple leaf delicately falling to the ground. Its dancestep movement drifted in with graceful choreography. A gentle puff of wind urged the tiny leaf to sway and swirl in a poised, descending manner. A quick swoosh of breeze added a touch of music to quicken the pace. I was in awe of nature's gentle touchdown to the ground.
sky ballerina
gracefully swirl in soft breeze
dancestep into fall
©CV, 2020
symmetrical leaf
landing upright with grace
autumn messenger
no ballet shoes required
stepdance into fall
©CV, 2020
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Craft Move
I took two words, dance and step, pressed them together, and created a new adjective to fit both my poems. Above the photo I attempted a haibun and below it a tanka.
Thank you Irene Latham for Tips From a Nest Builder: How To Find Nestlings in your new book, This Poem Is A Nest. You can read more about Irene's unique poetry book at my book review on the #ThisPoemIsANest Blog Tour here. Leave a comment there and enter the raffle to win a copy of Irene's book.
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In October, autumn felt its transformation. The once sweltering pathways of summer offered a coolcrisp, silent sanctuary for thought. From nature trail to seaglass lake waters, earth's landscape prepared for the brilliance of autumn.
Referring to Irene Latham's Nest Poem from This Poem Is A Nest
to write a nestling poem
Below is Irene Latham's nestling poem from This Poem Is A Nest
that offers a reflective lens.
Autumn
world settles
leaves puddle-
still, time hums
-Irene Latham, 2020
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Notebook Work
Adding my digitized photo of Hempstead Lake Park
in Rockville Centre where I live to the nestling poem I created.
Autumn Breath Nestling
breathe in the crispcool
woodsmoke season as leaves ballet
beneath oak hums
©CV, 2020, Long Island
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I'm joining the Poetry Friday Roundup in Switzerland this week at wee words for wee ones. Bridget Magee, our host is serving her once a week poetry treat for the young and the young at heart...
Thanks for all the autumnal beauty, Carol. Love the ballet of leaves, how they "stepdance" into fall. :)
ReplyDeleteThis morning I was waiting for the ballet of leaves and what I saw were athletical feats of downward plunges into what I supposed a bed of leaves below.
DeleteThis post is a full spectrum of autumn poetry goodness, Carol. I love this phrase, "sky ballerina" for a falling leaf. I will think of your words during my autumn outings. :)
ReplyDeleteBridget, thanks for joining me here. I am trying to get my to-do list whittled down so I can take a beautiful nature walk. Have a great autumn weekend in the "orange"!
DeleteWoodsmoke is one of my favorite scents of autumn..it's a poignant entity all of its own. Love this image, "leaves ballet" - they do pirouette down with such grace, don't they? I caught a theme of "hum" in several posts today which I find magical, as I wrote about it, too - it's the sound of this season, as woodsmoke is the scent. I enjoy seeing your notebook work based on "Nest" and, always, I savor your poetic craftsmanship and artistic grace, Carol.
ReplyDeleteI also love the scent of woodsmoke and what it represents-the coziness of a gathering by a fire, the tingling of glasses, and the magic of togetherness. Thank you for joining me. We are two travelers in parallel universes understanding the beauty of nature.
DeleteI love your 'stepdance', too, Carol, & adore Irene's book. Our poems connect today because I wrote about fall as performance, too! And I love both the image and "Autumn Breath Nestling" - beautiful imagining. Happy fall!
ReplyDeleteHappy fall indeed, Linda but it looks like your area has so much more of the colors of Fall than mine. Autumn is delightful that I could not help but soak myself in Irene's book and find the best that Autumn brings.
DeleteYour haiku, tanka, and nesting create beautiful images of fall, Carol. I'm really looking forward to reading all of Irene's new book.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kimberly, for your comment and joining me here. You will love Irene's book.
DeleteAs always, Carol, your post is full of delight. And has inspired me - I have a perfect autumn leaf photo that I've been wanting to write about. I think today is the day!
ReplyDeleteAnd then you will share it with my Abundant Autumn Gallery, Sally-perhaps??? I would love to see autumn in Australia.
DeleteAnd you stepdance into your post this week with a lovely haibun with haiku and tanka. What rich descriptions of the leaf...dancing, ushering, bringing us to autumn.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stepdancing into this beautiful fall day with me, Linda. Hope it is beautiful in Virginia.
DeleteThese are lovely. You and Irene have inspired me to try making up a few words myself. windlicked? nutthunk? What do you think? I'm clearly going to be doing this all day!
ReplyDeleteWindlicked has a good ring to it, Liz. I would love to see where you go with this. Have fun!
DeleteCarol: These are great examples of tanka and haibun. We could write about autumn forever, it's so beautiful. I love the image of one leave, floating and pirouetting down. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteI am with you, Karen. I could write endlessly about fall. Today, it was raining but on my short walk I found the most beautiful full leaves and passed some interesting Halloween displays.
DeleteWe've had so many sky ballerinas this week, Carol. The leaves are all taking their bows together.
ReplyDeleteA great response, Laura. The rain swished through and left many leaves landing in different ways. Thanks for joining me here.
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