leaves of bamboo
quavering and quivering—
autumn riff
*
leaves of bamboo
clambering up to the trail—
fantasizing bears
*
leaves of bamboo
take me away to the east….
carry me home
(Bamboo, native to China and the Far East, is plentiful in the Wissahickon Woods. Day after day hiking through the woods, the sights and sounds of bamboo always delight my heart, giving me pause to muse on this and that. I’m a lucky woman.)
BTW, the “bears” in my haiku are the Chinese panda bears, who survive mostly by eating 26 to 84 pounds of bamboo leaves every day!!
