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RED GLADIOLA

Fiction & Poetry Journal of T. Wong

Tag: autumn

Leaf

if I were to be reborn
I would like to be a leaf

a brief but blissful life
under sun and shower
slowly unfurling
useful

when the cold snaps me
I will be brilliant crimson and ochre
and fall away
unscarred

Author redgladiolaPosted on November 30, 2017Categories Nature, Poetry, WritingTags autumn, fall, nature, poetry, writing4 Comments on Leaf

Seasonal Haiku

arbor rain smells
of chlorophyll and earth
worms and robins
muddied sneakers

a snowflake falls
on an early
snowdrop

lackadaisical:
a chime lounges
on a windless day

elegant trees shed
teardrops of red
and ocher

Note: It’s been a while…I hope you all are well. =)

Author redgladiolaPosted on August 8, 2017Categories Nature, Poetry, WritingTags autumn, haiku, nature, poetry, spring, summer, winter4 Comments on Seasonal Haiku

A Minor Sacrifice

cold toes
bloodletting
for winter solstice

Author redgladiolaPosted on October 9, 2016Categories Nature, Poetry, WritingTags autumn, nature, poetry, weather, winter, writingLeave a comment on A Minor Sacrifice

9 to 5 in October

running the treadmill
neurons denote: chilly weather
fog and rain

sweaters to be pulled
from summer hibernation

tasks that pile like firewood
against a long dark winter

eyes thread traffic
but ignore the change
of autumn leaves

Author redgladiolaPosted on October 8, 2016Categories Nature, Poetry, WritingTags autumn, fall, nature, poetry, writingLeave a comment on 9 to 5 in October

Brittle

autumn scatters leaves
sunburnt early

with edges rimmed
and puckered

the mouths of ill
children
crying in vain
as they are swept away

Author redgladiolaPosted on September 19, 2016Categories Nature, Poetry, WritingTags autumn, fall, nature, poetry, writing7 Comments on Brittle

Criers for the Queen

Leaves

two trees in a green meadow
harken the footsteps of Autumn
showering gold and crimson
for Her royal train

Author redgladiolaPosted on October 15, 2015Categories Nature, Poetry, WritingTags autumn, fall, nature, poetry, writing7 Comments on Criers for the Queen

Warblers in Autumn

On the branch, a snap, a creak
and the pinches of a warbler’s beak.

One bug, two bugs, all caught quick
from bark to twig and foliage mixed.

His hunger demands in all its might
to be sated before the southern flight;

Winter comes, a long cold night.

Author redgladiolaPosted on October 8, 2015Categories Nature, Poetry, WritingTags autumn, birds, migration, nature, poetry, warblers, writing5 Comments on Warblers in Autumn

Heatwave

waiting for the cool skirt of night
to sweep away the Indian summer
I am brown and over-ripe
and seek the relief of harvest

Author redgladiolaPosted on September 5, 2015Categories Poetry, WritingTags autumn, fall, poetry, summer, writing11 Comments on Heatwave

Lament of Late Summer

the nights still hold midday’s breath
but on deceptive winds, the winged flee
heralding the approaching cold
fall’s crispness
winter
snap

Author redgladiolaPosted on August 13, 2015Categories Nature, Poetry, WritingTags autumn, birds, fall, migration, nature, poetry, summer, winter, writing12 Comments on Lament of Late Summer

The Wind Visits a Seaside Town

The wind romped across the hill on a crisp fall day
and rustling, slipped over the nearby bay
to make full the withered sails of masted boats
and tug on the pedestrians’ close-clutched coats

Author redgladiolaPosted on July 29, 2015July 29, 2015Categories Nature, Poetry, WritingTags autumn, nature, poetry, wind, writingLeave a comment on The Wind Visits a Seaside Town

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Red Gladiola is the fiction and poetry journal of T. Wong. From the Roman word for “sword,” the gladiolus symbolizes strength and moral integrity, as well as infatuation. All images used at Red Gladiola are taken from the public domain unless otherwise credited. Works may not be used or duplicated without the author's explicit consent.

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