The Versesmith

 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 

 Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge # 433 words: pumpkin and spice We all know where this one's headed!  Love it or hate it it's pumpkin spice season!  Haiku would not normally have a title, but this one called out for one.  You could say it's not a haiku since there is no kigo.  Or, is there?  We all know that autumn wouldn't be autumn without pumpkin spice!* not my cup of tea this pumpkin spice mania a trend gone too far    ©2022 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved  🎃   🍺   🎃   🍺   🎃   🍺   🎃   🍺   🎃   🍺    🎃   🍺    🎃   🍺    🎃   It all started, as a popular culture "thing," with Starbucks and their Pumpkin Spiced Latte (or PSL).  It took off from there, with everyone and their brother producing pumpkin spiced food stuffs.  There are now pumpkin spice Pringles, gum, candy corn an...

  Mindlovemisery's Menagerie Wordle #290  A seasonal quote from Albert Camus is the inspiration for this week's Wordle.  We are encouraged to either make use of the words or wherever the quote takes us. Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.  Albert Camus Word prompts in red, used in the prose portion of my tanka prose. Spring is the season for flowers , but I prefer the fall , when every leaf begins a show of colors long hidden until chilly autumn nights force them to reveal themselves.   It may be too early for the maple running, but the crisp apples more than make up for it with numerous pies, crumbles, sauces, and cider baking and bubbling on the stove.  No second choices, fall's the best!   soon the leaves will fall and swirling smoke from chimneys rise to meet the moon full and bright to light the way as the children trick or treat ©2022 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved #tankaprose #syllabicpo...