Write a poem inspired by leaves (dying ones or newly emerged). For bonus points use a Tanka to express your feelings about the leaves…
The tanka is a thirty-one-syllable poem, traditionally written in a single unbroken line. A form of waka, Japanese song or verse, tanka translates as “short song,” and is better known in its five-line, 5/7/5/7/7 syllable count form
https://poets.org/glossary/tanka
Autumn Leaves
Leaves fall faster than
Tears being released alone
Littering the ground
For some it is time to play
For some it is time to work
©2025 CBialczak
Stine Writing 
For some it is time to gaze in awe at nature’s multi-coloured carpet – me included!
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For sure! It is absolutely amazing how such color can be produced in nature!
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There is so much truth in your Tanka! As long as I don’t have to rake leaves, they are beautiful and fun to kick through (love the sound of crunchy leaves)!
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I used to think jumping in leaf piles was fun until I had a slug on me! I haven’t had to rake leaves in many years so this year will be interesting. We don’t even have a lawn mower yet!
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Hehe! We sold all our lawn equipment! We have a leaf blower because the lawn people won’t sweep the deck. Good luck with the leaves! And I’m not worried about slugs but I was impaled by a stick once… I’ll stick to stomping through the leaves – no jumping into piles for me!
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I remember a long time ago a friend telling me about kids hiding in leaves on Halloween and one kid got run over by a car because they didn’t know there was a kid hiding under the leaves! Well, not to be any way but why would you hide in leaves on a street?
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