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trees exhale

October 5, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner

summer’s final breath
vanishes into fall as
weary trees exhale.

This haiku was written for the Write Tribe Contest 2.

talya

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Comments

  1. Kathy says

    October 5, 2013 at 6:01 am

    Brilliant!! Kind of summers last hurrah! Love it.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      October 5, 2013 at 6:41 am

      thanks Kathy!

  2. Bryan Jones says

    October 5, 2013 at 6:11 am

    Haiku delivers
    what most people don’t expect
    while being truthful!

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      October 5, 2013 at 6:41 am

      Love it Bryan!

  3. jyothisdayout says

    October 6, 2013 at 2:58 am

    Beautiful is the word! ๐Ÿ™‚

  4. Pheno Menon says

    October 6, 2013 at 10:17 pm

    thanks for the entry.. Stay posted for the results ๐Ÿ™‚

    PhenoMenon
    http://throodalookingglass.com/2013/10/dragonfly2/

  5. Gary Henderson says

    October 7, 2013 at 12:10 pm

    Weary trees exhaling. Kinda makes those breezes I hear blowing through the trees take on a different meaning. Maybe they’re yawning and getting ready for their autumnal nap. ๐Ÿ™‚

  6. Suzy says

    October 11, 2013 at 10:07 pm

    I love the weary trees exhaling – almost heard their sighs. Nice one.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      October 12, 2013 at 5:03 am

      Thank you Suzy!

  7. KParthasarathi says

    October 12, 2013 at 5:31 am

    That is a beautiful and elegant way of expressing the onset of fall and departure of summer.

  8. norrbu says

    October 12, 2013 at 8:43 am

    I can feel the exhail’ing’. ๐Ÿ™‚

  9. thevastnothing says

    October 15, 2013 at 8:24 pm

    Great tayla, Captured the mood perfectly


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

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