Tanka Tuesday

Autumn

autumn rendering

undone acorns fall

to ground where other

unearthed treasures hid

myriad colors of brown bracken

now are feeding foragers

Acrostic poem using kigo words, highlighted – the first letter of each line combines to make a word related to the poem.

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Colors of Autumn

persimmon hued leaves

contrast the tree born mushrooms

each culinary offer

crimson colors bound to fade

while pale contestants shrivel

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tanka with kigo words highlighted, poem’s syllable count, 5,7,5,7,7.

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