The Unwanted One - a Haibun

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 It's Haibun Monday at dVerse.   

The prompt is Fall foliage or Spring blossoms.


Eleven months of the year I vainly attempt to rid my yard of Virginia

creeper. Come October, I’m glad I failed! The vivid crimsons, and

peachy-pinks of leaves, the berries blackest blue on scarlet stems are

the clear winners in Autumn’s Color Contest.


the unwanted one

nuisance rambling vine redeemed

in autumn splendor


©2024 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved



#haibun #autumnpoetry 

Comments

  1. Kim M. RussellOctober 22, 2024 at 12:18 AM

    Thank you for sharing your haibun and photos, Lisa – the colours of the Virginia creeper are gorgeous.

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    1. LisaOctober 22, 2024 at 7:23 PM

      It really is a gorgeous plant this time of year.

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  2. brudbergOctober 22, 2024 at 11:40 AM

    I thought I recognize it, and we do have some of it in our garden, but most likely it is less of a pest because of the climate here. I have never tried to get rid of them.

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    1. LisaOctober 22, 2024 at 7:24 PM

      I'd never had it before moving here, and it was so overgrown, the underneath all dead twigs. I made the mistake of pruning that tossing the stems in the compost heap. The compost heap is covered with Virginia creeper now!

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  3. Frewin55October 24, 2024 at 6:48 AM

    I didn't know they were such a nuisance, we only have ivy - but what colours indeed, Lisa...

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