change . . .

late autumn trees

half full half empty

[published in a somewhat different form at haiku du jour]

Comments

[aurora]

I'm feeling optimistic today, so they're half full. :) Nice observation, Bill.

[Robert]

Enjoyed.

[kirsty]

Don't know what the original was but this works. I hung up slightly on 'late'..wondering if all the leaves wouldn't be gone by then but looked out the window and see oaks still hanging onto many leaves.

[Matt]

Cool observation.

[Bill]

Thanks for the comments.

Kirsty, this started life as a senryu about climate change. In late autumn in New York and New England (where I spent Thanksgiving), the trees should not be half full. It's evolved into a haiku about mindfulness of change and the ambivalence that goes with it, but I hope that the first intention is still present at some level for some readers.