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RED GLADIOLA

Fiction & Poetry Journal of T. Wong

Tag: fall

Ladybugs

Metachromatism

round leaves along branches
turn red and become a busy
gathering of ladybugs

Author redgladiolaPosted on October 30, 2014Categories Nature, Poetry, WritingTags autumn, fall, ladybugs, leaves, nature, poetry, writing19 Comments on Ladybugs

What’s to be done?

Trees

the bare trees
stand around milling

bending to
and conferring with
one another

shaking their heads
at the foliage
at their feet

Author redgladiolaPosted on October 23, 2014October 23, 2014Categories Nature, Poetry, WritingTags autumn, fall, nature, poetry, trees, writing18 Comments on What’s to be done?

Not Yet, Pumpkins

Apples

Gold-faced or rosy-cheeked
Some last ripening apples
For the season’s late pickers

Author redgladiolaPosted on October 19, 2014Categories It Really Happened, Nature, Poetry, WritingTags apples, autumn, fall, fruit, harvest, nature, poetry, writing4 Comments on Not Yet, Pumpkins

Autumn Squabble

Downy woodpecker

Kinglets and warblers
creeping along branches
and a tussle between two
downy woodpeckers;
A crash after the rain

Author redgladiolaPosted on October 11, 2014October 11, 2014Categories It Really Happened, Nature, Poetry, WritingTags autumn, birds, fall, kinglet, nature, poetry, warblers, woodpeckers, writing7 Comments on Autumn Squabble

Apples, then Pumpkins

Pumpkins

At midday
harvesters pick
golden delicious
while pumpkins ripen
into promises of sunset

Author redgladiolaPosted on October 2, 2014Categories Nature, Poetry, WritingTags apples, autumn, fall, harvest, nature, poetry, pumpkins, writing23 Comments on Apples, then Pumpkins

Autumn on Summer’s Heels

Hummingbird

purple asters arc
radiantly

from oak trees
acorns hang heavy
and drop
underfoot

on the last gust
of summer wind
the hummingbirds
arrive
and make haste

Author redgladiolaPosted on September 27, 2014Categories It Really Happened, Nature, Poetry, WritingTags autumn, birds, fall, flowers, hummingbirds, migration, nature, poetry, writing25 Comments on Autumn on Summer’s Heels

Leaves

Autumn landscape

Why is it?
That standing in the path
and watching the changing leaves
I feel at peace
and never alone

Author redgladiolaPosted on September 25, 2014Categories Nature, Poetry, Thoughts, WritingTags aloneness, autumn, fall, leaves, loneliness, nature, poetry, thoughts, writing26 Comments on Leaves

Anticipating the Autumn Migration

Mandarin Duck

Perhaps this fall
I shall espy a Wood-y
Mixed in among the mallards

Author redgladiolaPosted on September 11, 2014September 11, 2014Categories Nature, Poetry, Thoughts, WritingTags autumn, bird watching, birding, birds, ducks, fall, haiku, nature, poetry, thoughts, writing11 Comments on Anticipating the Autumn Migration

False Friend

Friend,
You coax me onto high beams
Over a bridge that ends in mist
Can you not see
The shaking of my feet?
I climb and fall
Catch myself on elbows and toes
Now, I can no longer
Even move.
Friend,
Do not be the hand
That pushes me
Off the edge.

Author redgladiolaPosted on February 2, 2014Categories It Really Happened, Poetry, WritingTags bridge, dream, fall, false, friend, it really happened, poetry, push, writingLeave a comment on False Friend

Winter’s Approach

Mourning doves lament
As wind scatters sere-veined leaves
The snow hare’s footstep

Author redgladiolaPosted on December 30, 2013December 30, 2013Categories Nature, Poetry, WritingTags autumn, birds, changing of seasons, dove, fall, fauna, footfall, footstep, haiku, hare, leaves, mourning dove, nature, poetry, seasons, snow, snow hare, winter, writingLeave a comment on Winter’s Approach

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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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