Fallen leaf (haibun)

For  Carpe Diem our task was to write a haibun on “Departing Summer”.  “Kamishibai” means “storyteller”. 

1)  A maximum of 100 words

2) Classical rules

     a)  5-7-5 syllables

     b)  Season word

     c)  Cutting word (interpunction)

     d)  Interchangeable first and third line

3)  For those of us who don’t speak English, the host is hoping to
     read the haibun in the author’s original language. I have decided to add a French translation since it is my second language and that of my mother and homeland.

 

Here is our host’s offering which I find delicious, reminding me of my grandson.

“Look granddad”, my grandson yells. He shows me a red leaf from a tree which I don’t know. “Where did you find it?”

“It’s from a tree I have discovered”, he answers. He takes me by the hand. “I will show you were I have found it”. He points at a painting of Van Gogh in the garden of our neighbours.  

“Look granddad, the red leaf fell from that painting”. 

first red leaves fall
Van Gogh’s painting comes alive
in a child’s hand

 

© Chèvrefeuille 

 

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(c) Clr '14

 

“Mommy, look what I  found!” Justin came running from the lake, out of breath and gives his mother a maple leaf.

“Oh what a perfect leaf, sweetheart. Thank you. I`m a little sad that summer is almost over already.”

Labour Day is in two weeks and that means the end of summer as we all know it. September 1st school, colleges and universities will all commence. Even if the trailer and catamaran are still here,  there will be little opportunities to drive up now with fall activities quickly taking a life of its own. Summer will soon be old history.

a Maple leaf,

fled its shelter prematurely

kissed the sand

(c) Tournesol

« Maman, regarde ce que j’ai trouvé! » Justin arrive du lac en courant essoufflé et remet une feuille d’érable à sa mère.

« Quelle feuille parfaite, mon amour. Merci!  Ça m’attriste un peu que l’été prend fin déjà, » répondit sa mère.

Dans deux semaines arriva déjà la Fête du Travail et cela représente la fin d’un été comme nous le connaissons. Le 1 ier, septembre l’école, les collèges et universités débuteront. Même si la roulotte et le catamaran sont ici,  les occasions pour venir au lac,  seront moins fréquentes puisque les activités d’automne prennent vie très vite. L’été sera bientôt une veille histoire.

feuille d’érable

fuit son abri  hâtivement

embrasse le sable

 

(c) Tournesol ‘14

Posted by Cheryl-Lynn 2014/08/19