Carpe Diem #1777: A Fusion of Seasons

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cricket silence

between scraping sounds

autumn begins

© Jane Reichhold

it touches the line

of my fishing pole -

this summer moon

© Chiyo-Ni

summer fishing done

as the crickets fall silent

autumn now begins

summer fishing done

we must prepare for winter

weather is too warm

as the crickets fall silent

will they return in the spring

species fall extinct

autumn now begins

the season that I love best

should not be so warm

~Cie~

Notes:

We were asked to create a fusion Haiku from the first two poems and then create a Troiku from the fusion Haiku. The Three Horses of the Apocalypse led my sleigh to weather that is unseasonably hot and dry. It should not be close to 80 degrees in Colorado in November. So I got all environmentally conscious on everyone and turned my Troiku to a Senryu, because that's the kind of thing I do.

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #87: Troiku: Deep Silence

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Plants thriving and green

Fade into the deep silence

If we do not care

Plants thriving and green

Live on in paintings and dreams

Rainforests now black

Fade into the deep silence

Our planet scarred and burned

Can we recover

If we do not care

There can be no hope at all

For plants lush and green

~Cie~

Notes:

Our challenge today was to create a "Troiku". This is my first time working with this form, and I found it an enjoyable challenge. I wasn't quite sure what to do with my 7-syllable line in the "sleigh" part of my Troiku, so I have two seven-syllable lines in one of my stanzas. I hope that this is acceptable with this non-traditional form of Haiku.