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
