Haiku Oct



Zephyr
morning stillness
rhythmic movement
zephyr and leaf

Leaf-whistles
Needles oscillate
Psithuric wind song 

Trees shimmer
deeply yawning 
Anticipation stirs
long-awaited hues
brilliant, buff, earthy
wind song
long-awaited
brilliant colors
fleeting
burnt, buff, earthy, 
ushering in sienna hues,
autumn's display 
1. Magnolia Blossom
elegant folds
beautiful and simplistic
cradling life

2. Captivated 
sense of errantry
a whispered psithurism,
she catches her breath

3. Zephyr
morning stillness
rhythmic movement
zephyr and leaf

4. Mångata
sea of midnight blue
whimsical images skirt 
Mångata pathways 
submitted June 8, 2025
aureate
honeyed, tawny, burnt
Autumn's play

psithurism
reeds sing in the wind
howling change
a gentle psithurism 
passes through,
catching her breathe 
Captivated

sense of errantry
a whispered psithurism 
she catches her breath
a sea of midnight blue
whimsical images
skirt along
Mangata pathways 
   night recedes behind the stars-
    no thought to pending troubles
    tomorrow sleeps
Evening's warm hues 
cast a spell 
of tranquility
a songless world 
yearns for echoes of a
promised aria
Morning stillness
Rhythmic movement
Zephyr and leaf
life lives on in
bifurcating branches of
generational rings 
leaf-whistles,
needles oscillate in
psithuric wind song
misty, moisty morning
hovering fog clouds
kissing the dew
Nature's mystery sprightly beads nestle betwixt succulent leaves  

Pearly light of glistening eyes echoes a dance of the coming spring.
a soulful tune
summer's harmony in sync
cicadas sing 
Shimmering night cadence
skipping across a frozen plateau
Mångata reverie 

or 
a sea of midnight blue
whimsical images skirt 
Mångata pathways 
Tempean beauty
Tranquil coastal charmer
Titivated lace
Hegemonic media parrots the same song.
morning’s blush
slips through
the mizzling mist 
cicadas sing
silence merges with darkness 
tree shadows creep
Tempean ox-eye
titivated petals bloom
butterflies dance
frozen heart
a kind touch
melting point
high noon
shadows hide 
under feet
whispers of wishes
ascending to heaven as
I lay down to sleep.
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Published by brontebrown2

Rhonda Bronte Brown is a National Board-Certified Teacher and retired teacher/counselor whose work has appeared in Better Than Starbucks, The Trouvaille Review, Meat for Tea, The Orchards Poetry Journal and The Best Haiku 2025 international anthology and several online journals. She holds both a BS and a Master’s degree and writes children’s literature and poetry exploring nature, SEL, and STEM.

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