POETRY: HAIKU'S IN TRIPLICATE

Pond is running dry,

Ducks and cranes leave nests behind

Autumn has begun

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Two miles left to walk

Unexpected nature path

Meets me halfway through

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Ceiling in the dark

Sleep, that elusive mistress

Driven back by pain

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 I'm not sure why I write Haiku's in sets of three, it just feels right to me. The first haiku is from an observation I made while looking out my back window at the pond and seeing the changes in the wildlife. The leaves here haven't really begun to change yet, but the animals have sensed the coming change. The second Haiku was inspired by a walk I took while lost in Seattle. I knew roughly where I needed to go and found a lovely walking path along the way. The third and final Haiku is fairly straight forward. As the seasons change, my joints give me grief and make sleep a little more difficult. I feel like I can relate to Frank Bryce in the fourth Harry Potter book (minus the bits about the whole town thinking him guilty of murder, his being murdered by Voldemort...).