Thursday, October 2, 2008

Embracing Fall




Butterfly beckons
spreading wings to welcome fall's
golden tapestry

The above image reminded me of Fall in its peaches and coppers and yellows and so I decided this would be a nice way to embrace the upcoming Season. The writing accompanying the photo is a Haiku, a short form of writing dedicated to nature. Though small in size, it can pack a powerful punch. As I can get wordy in my writings at times, I felt the Haiku would be a good exercise to rail me in a little. The first line is composed of 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables and the third line has 5 syllables. Thank you, beautiful butterfly, for staying so still and calm despite the chaos that surrounded you during a recent Butterfly Festival. I know there's a life lesson for me to be learned here and am grateful once again for nature's classroom.

6 comments:

Laura said...

That is so nice Bev's the picture and the poem.
~v~Laura

Soulsearcher said...

Beautiful picture and haiku, Bev. I'm glad to see you've posted them.

Doris said...

Amazing photo and beautiful poem!

Lin said...

It is good to see a new post, another lovely photo, and of course, an inspiring writing. I've missed you on the blog, I hope you continue posting. Love checking in.

Marjorie said...

Love the butterfly photo AND the haiku! I'll be gone the weekend, but ttl next week!

april said...

I love haiku. This one is lovely, along with your wonderful photo. Perfect. ...april