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Jana Kalina


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With every falling petal
The plum branches
Grow older
 
With
the season changing
moods change as well,
every leaf
floats away —
carrying with it
loss
in all its subdued colours;
falling into sorrow
the last rose
petal curls brown.
The birds are busy
and resident squirrels, too
caching booty
while
plum juice ferments
for winter's rejoicing
even though
bare
branches and wrinkles
begin to look the same —
gnarled and twisted
by the passage
of
time
as days
grow
older
 
 
© by Jana Kalina.
Used with the author's permission.

Jana Kalina lives with her husband on Vancouver Island. During her lifetime, she has lived extensively on three of the planet's seven continents and, today, her pursuits can be distilled down to three things: Buddhism, bonsai cultivation and, of course, poetry--especially haiku.

 


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judithc:
Evocative...of all our autumns.
Posted 10/06/2012 09:18 AM
Eiken:
Beautiful Jana, love the imagery.
Posted 10/06/2012 04:21 AM


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