ONE LAST LEAF
HAIKU
ISABEL CAVES
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© February 2018 One Last Leaf Haiku by Isabel Caves Edited by Chèvrefeuille Chèvrefeuille’s Publications The Netherlands
all texts and poems are copyrighted and the rights belong to the author
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Isabel Caves has her own weblog1 on WordPress. It’s her creative outlet where she shares fiction, poetry and photography. This is what she says about her weblog:
I tend to share: •Short stories. I love fantasy and all things magic, as well as ghost stories and sci fi. I publish literary pieces too. My mind is always cooking up new stories, and I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy writing them. •Poetry. Lots of haiku! I like to play around with different styles of short poetry. Sometimes a little magic creeps in too… •Photography. There is so much magic in the world around us. I love sharing this magic through my nature and wildlife photography.
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https://isabelcaves.wordpress.com/
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ONE LAST LEAF HAIKU ISABEL CAVES
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PREFACE Dear reader, 5
It is with great pleasure that we introduce to you Isabel Caves. Isabel is a wonderful haiku poetess and she was the winner of the “departure” – kukai of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai (CDHK)2, a daily haiku meme, created by the Dutch haiku poet Chèvrefeuille. Isabel won the “departure” kukai with the following haiku:
departing on the autumn breeze one last leaf The title of this exclusive CDHK E-book, “one last leaf”, is extracted from her winning haiku. We hope that you all will enjoy the read.
© February 2018 Chèvrefeuille’s Publications The Netherlands
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https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.nl/
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One Last Leaf Haiku Isabel Caves
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departing on the autumn breeze one last leaf
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peony flowers her spirit drifts from scented petals
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wild cherry blooming in the shadows her sweet tears
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white blossoms gifted upon the earth apple tree
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the stars mirrored in glints of cooling sand desert night
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snowflakes – the fir trees glitter with fallen light
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the sea and the sky sewn together with sunlight summer miracle
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settling dusk – the sun’s fire burning in a wine glass
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dewdrops shimmer – in a thousand moments the spring moon
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river’s lip the sweetest of herbs drinks gently
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rainfall the nakedness of leaves
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rose petals baking in the heat summer musk
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rose garden – we melt into the night’s perfume
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winter’s night – an icicle blooming in the shadows
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falling into the ocean’s blue wisteria blossoms
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one by one their lights go out – bluebells at sunset
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rain shower – caught in the spider’s web a rainbow or two
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unheard the whisper of a ladybug’s feet on crocus leaves
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glints of sunlight dancing in my cold sake summer’s glitter
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dawn’s rosy light the sky is falling softly into the earth
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dancing butterfly the caterpillar’s slow grace in every flutter
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bluebells in the breeze the mountain becomes a painting of trailing petals
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autumn storm coloured leaves swirling in the rain
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the sky darkens the owl’s amber eyes grow brighter
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dewdrops on petals a million tiny moons glittering softly
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spring wind in the trees branches shake loose their colours scent of plum blossom
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hazy moon of spring – drops of rain capture its light glinting in the grass
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pitter pattering – raindrops fall from a dark sky winter solstice
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so many colours become one in the water autumn reflections
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the sound of rain a wet leaf shivers in the dark
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AFTERWORD Dear reader, It was my pleasure to create this wonderful and exclusive CDHK E-book “One Last Leaf” with haiku created by the gifted haiku poetess Isabel Caves. I enjoyed reading her haiku and I hope that you my dear reader have enjoyed reading too. Namasté, Chèvrefeuille
© 2018 – 02 Chèvrefeuille’s Publications The Netherlands
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More haiku by Isabel Caves you can find at: https://isabelcaves.wordpress.com/ More about haiku, tanka or other Japanese poetry forms you can find at: http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com