Ten Haiku from Autumn into Winter
days shorten
low sun shouts at my back
protesting autumn
cool morning mist
waves speak of hot afternoons
a minnow jumps
vee of geese above
waves glisten in low sun
–a feather floats
summer’s blackberries
cede the beach brambles to red
–rose hips
summer-parched fairies
dance in the returning rain
colour leaves with joy
chill early dusk
she shivers, torn stockings
a lone scarlet leaf
dust of snow
chilled aspens set to
drop molten gold
tardy sunrise lines
hillsides with brilliance
―a pledge
rain clouds thin
mushroom pickers emerge
as do their prey
trees shed gilt edges
spiders, stinkbugs, feral cats
come to my window
KB Nelson is a Canadian writer whose poems have appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies including Tiny Spoon , Gyroscope Review, Sea-To-Sky Review, and Polar Borealis. Her chapbook Muse of Natural History was published in June 2021. KB has resided from coast to coast in Canada, in Arizona, and in New Zealand. A graduate of Simon Fraser University’s Southbank writing program, she currently lives, writes and hikes the beaches and forests on the unceded territory of the Sechelt First Nation on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast.
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