Poetry Blog No 157 Five Autumn Haiku

FIVE AUTUMN HAIKU (Northern NSW Australia Southern Hemisphere)

Some notes on local images-

Eucalypts- Eucalyptus trees, in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, are commonly known in Australia as gum trees. There are over 700 species in Australia.

Farmer's Friend -Bidens pilosa is a species of flowering plant in the aster family. It is native to the Americas but it is known widely as an introduced species of other regions, including Eurasia, Africa, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. It is a tall branched weed with thin yellow flowers that develop into a cluster of barbed seeds. - From Wikipedia. It gets its ironic common name from the annoying habit of covering your trousers with its barbed seeds.

Magpie - This is the Australian magpie. The Australian magpie (Cracticus tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Described as one of Australia's most accomplished songbirds, the Australian magpie has an array of complex vocalisations. It is omnivorous, with the bulk of its varied diet made up of invertebrates

from Wikipedia.

Moon - There is (as it were ) a southern hemisphere "moon". From Google search- The Moon orbits near the equator of the Earth. People in different hemispheres see the moon in a slightly different way. In the Southern Hemisphere, people see the moon 'upside down' so the side which is shining (sunlit) seems the opposite from the Northern Hemisphere.

FIVE AUTUMN HAIKU

(Northern NSW Australia Southern Hemisphere)

one

High bright clusters on

Eucalypts. Leaves green-gold

On May blue vastness.

two

"Farmer's Friend." Weed's white

Five petals in autumn flower.

Unwanted beauty.

three

Black and white, well-dressed

Investigator of mown ground.

Magpie on the grass.

four

Bamboo leaves tremble,

Shimmering in May sun and

Soft breath of far blue.

five

Pale half moon in warm

Autumn afternoon. Later

Brighter in cold night.