The cloudy afternoon through the red maple – 
painted leaves, inked branches, white paper sky. 
This could be a haiku about spring 
here seven thousand miles away from Osaka 
where every line counts as seven beats.
 
 
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/04/25/seven-thousand-red-leaves/

The cloudy afternoon through the red maple – painted leaves, inked branches, white paper sky. This could be a haiku about spring here seven thousand miles away from Osaka where every line counts as seven beats. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/04/25/seven-thousand-red-leaves/

Seven Thousand Red Leaves

Writing the Day is a poetry practice that started in 2014. These short poems are in the ronka form of 5 lines, each containing 7 words. Podcasts of the poems began in 2021, so 2024 is Season 4. Some poems are accompanied by additional commentary by the poet, Kenneth Ronkowitz. There are many more poems archived on the website at writingtheday.wordpress.com Thanks for listening - and reading.

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Seven Thousand Red Leaves

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