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leaves

Entranced

2025 March 16th2023 August 1st

autumn leaves rustle
the tension out of me
on pleasant breezy days
sunlit gentle tree, i am
a ragdoll under your sway

Terri Guillemets

Categories Sunshine Journal Tags -all posts-, autumn, body, emotions, leaves, nature, outdoors, poems, seasons, stress, sun, terri guillemets, trees, wind & breeze

Endings & beginnings

2025 November 22nd2010 August 18th

The last faded autumn leaflet hangs from a frozen branch, just a short fall from the tree to winter.

Terri Guillemets

Categories Creativity Journal Tags -all posts-, autumn, leaves, nature, quotes, seasons, terri guillemets, trees, weather, winter, wordplay

In loss still they dance!

2025 March 16th2021 January 19th

the leaves all dance
to the same breeze —
but some flutter and some fall
some shiver and some sway —

and when a gust comes
they lose themselves —
but are no less beautiful
on the ground, where resting
they still yet dance, but free

Terri Guillemets

Categories Creativity Journal Tags -all posts-, autumn, dancing, leaves, nature, poems, seasons, terri guillemets, trees, weather, wind & breeze, winter

It’s a dry heat streak

2025 March 17th2023 July 30th

full moon monsoon clouds
glow pale light through windy trees
parched leaves shadow dance

Terri Guillemets

Categories Nightstand Journal Tags -all posts-, arizona, climate change, clouds, desert, haiku, heat wave, leaves, monsoon, moon, nature, night, poems, seasons, summer, terri guillemets, trees, weather

Stragglers

2026 January 12th2025 December 19th

bird alights on branch
mottled-lit golden leaves fall
drifting like feathers

Terri Guillemets

Categories Haiku Journal Tags -all posts-, autumn, birds, birds of arizona, haiku, leaves, light, nature, outdoors, poems, seasons, sun, terri guillemets, trees, winter

Deciduous

2025 September 17th2023 December 15th

just like trees
my life is a mix—
seasonal change
and evergreen

Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags -all posts-, age & aging, change, colors, favorites, fifties, green, leaves, metaphor, midlife, nature, poems, seasons, self, terri guillemets, transformation, trees

Feuille morte

2025 March 16th2020 April 3rd

dried crackling leaves
though dead
are never quite still

Terri Guillemets

Categories Sunshine Journal Tags -all posts-, autumn, change, leaves, nature, outdoors, plants, poems, seasons, terri guillemets, trees, weather, winter

Winter falling

2025 March 26th2021 January 19th

cold gray rainy day
watching winter’s last leaves fall
from my cozy bed

Terri Guillemets

Categories Creativity Journal Tags -all posts-, leaves, poems, senryu, terri guillemets, winter

Ecos

2025 March 25th2021 April 13th

leaves — lovers
      of the gentle breeze
trees — brothers
      of roots that weave
soil — giver
      of life through earth
sun — mother
      of golden light’s birth

Terri Guillemets

Categories Sunshine Journal Tags -all posts-, earth, leaves, light, nature, outdoors, plants, poems, soil, sun, terri guillemets, trees, wind & breeze

Leaving behind

2025 October 7th2013 November 7th

In winter, forgive the fallen leaves of your past.

Terri Guillemets

Categories Healing Journal Tags -all posts-, forgiveness, leaves, letting go, metaphor, past, quotes, seasons, self, terri guillemets, winter
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