“The beauty of the rattlesnake is in its threat”
– Jim Harrison (Day Twelve – 28 Days of Unreason)
Sap in Autumn trees,
Leaves uncoil red and gold,
Slow from sunlight’s bite.
*Also linking back to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai – “Waiting for Autumn”
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qbit 
I love the sound in the title, the colour, and the idea that the leaves can’t escape the sunlight.
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Thanks for giving it a read!
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Love the uncoiling of red and gold, and the resulting bite with sap as venom.
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I love the anthropomorphism in your haiku ! Wonderful !
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Bite! Nice finessing to pull together 2 prompts. I enjoy Hailu Kai; good prompts.
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Welcome at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. What a nice haiku. I had to read it several times to experience the scene … nicely done.
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Thanks!
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Cool imagery! Sunlight’s bite isn’t as potent in the fall, so the leaves end up dying. I never knew leaves were so masochistic.
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Thanks. I was hoping I could slide the reader over to how the waning of the light was the bite, which like venom slowed the sap, turned the leaves etc. But you are right, there is a conflict with the natural reaction to read it the way you did. I worried about that.
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Ah, dear Q, the thrill of a haiku is the interpretation of it. I love the potency of brevity… so many fun ways of deciphering. ❤️
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I don’t know how I missed reading and responding to your haiku. Life’s been a whirl, but that’s not by way of excuse (…uh, yes it is!). I love the play between the prompt and your words. The beauty of leaves… and sunlight… is their….
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Thanks. I liked this one too, thought it was interesting, the venom sort of acting slowly, LOL! You started the school year yet? That is so early!
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We are in pre-planning week. Kids Monday. Not prepared (emotionally) for it. I’ve been out of the classroom for two years. Had hoped to be in administration this year. But, oh well!
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Middle School English?
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8th grade.
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Whether your students know it or not, they are very lucky to have you for a teacher. You love words and their possibilities. That is going to get through to more than a few of them.
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I have blown young minds. Our young people are unaware, often, of the magic that escapes to make mischief when words are smithed together with art… or, at the least, craft.
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That has to be fantastic when that happens. Yes, unless they’ve been lucky with an earlier teacher or their parents, they have no idea. I still owe so much to Mr. Frank, my fourth grade English teacher. Once a week he would just read to us out loud. His rendering of the Raven changed my life.
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That has to be fantastic when that happens. Yes, unless they’ve been lucky with an earlier teacher or their parents, they have no idea. I still owe so much to Mr. Frank, my fourth grade English teacher. Once a week he would just read to us out loud. His rendering of the Raven changed my life.
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I wasn’t going to respond to this at first, because it came to my reader as “Someone.” (go to your blog and look just above your response)
I hear so many stories about teachers who transformed lives in different ways. My personal experiences aren’t as vivid as those… possibly because life was turmoil for some of my childhood. I hope I’m making a difference….
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