Autumn is definately the theme for this month's Carpe Diem Haiku Kai! Today I'll be contemplating "harvested fields" a modern kigo by Jane Reichhold, but first let's see a couple of her fantastic haiku:
autumn blooms
soft white cotton balls
a harvest fieldbrown harvest field
the balls of white cotton
polka dots
We don't have fields of grain here in our Alpine valley ... we have fruit trees, olives and grapes. The harvest doesn't usually begin until late September and the olives not until late October. However, this has been a terrible season for our farmers. Most of the fruit crop has been ruined (fruit is harvested at different moments during the summer and fall by the way), the grapes have had to be picked early as strange molds were attacking them and the quality of the grapes is watery at best and the olives are still green and too early to pick, but everyone is worried about an early winter. So it's not a joyous harvest season here this year. I'll just have to rely a little on my imagination.
roses and merlot
ready for harvest
new wine
ready for harvest
new wine
picking the grapes
under cool autumn sun-shine
laughing and singing
under cool autumn sun-shine
laughing and singing
© G.s.k. '14
The roses and merlot must be breathtaking in real-life, Georgia .... [sigh]
ReplyDeleteThe roses for a grape farmer is like a canary for a miner. They succumb before the grapse warning the farmer of insect or fungus attacks, or at least that's what I've been told. But they are really very pretty at the head of each row of grapes. An right now, the whole place is smelling a little winey with the left-over grapes fermenting on the vines :-)
DeleteAh..... that makes sense .... a very lovely early-warning system. :)
DeleteToo bad about the mold though.
Yep ... lousy summer. But uch is life!
DeleteI liked this for its merit of course, but really laughed for its hidden humour - others may wax lyrical about bales of hay - you focus on the grapes and merlot... Very funny!
ReplyDelete:-) naturalmente! It couldn't be any other way. Our valley is not very wide and wheat would take up too much space and be a waste besides ... what I'm happy about is that we don't have cheese ... when I was in Sluderno (Alto Adige) a few weeks ago the aroma of cow sheds was something to forget ... much better merlot grapes and apple trees!
DeleteAh. the crop of wine.. less whine with wine :-)
ReplyDeleteOr more depends n'est pas?
DeleteLovely...wine country.
ReplyDeleteI had a bit of my own 'whine' country today via the four year old grandson :)
LOL .... don't think that was as enjoyable as a glass of Merlot though. :-)
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