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Backyard Maple

Russell Anderson 1962 (San Bernardino)

Haiku
Green backyard maple
Soon quadruples in color
Restoring the soul

About this poem

My 2nd Haiku. Sitting in the living room, looking out the back window at green maple leaves. Everybody seems exhausted by the record heat this year (again?). Autumnal equinox just around the corner. Whew!

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Written on September 10, 2022

Submitted by rnadc on September 10, 2022

Modified by rnadc on September 13, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 64
Words 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
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Russell Anderson

Russell Anderson-raised in a small, remote, California town. He is now living out his later years in small-town Oregon. Still gets "Verklempt" by a good, sad song, poem, or testimonial. more…

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