Autumn
a cleave haiku by me and Tamyka Bell
with William J Higginson
Published in
1 min readApr 23, 2017
one maple leaf . . . swaying, falling
end over end on the sand then crumbling
without a trace April leaves
But it’s spring, you say.
Here’s our excuse: Tamyka and I live in the lands of the downside up. Leaves that fall in our fall, grow in your spring.
This piece is part of the Cleave Chain collaboration on Chalkboard. To continue the cleave, copy our part of the cleave from the original post here:
The base poem can be found at: