water crashes away rough stones

red leaves lie

over the spread of twisted roots

this is the moment when

we say farewell to autumn

—Lourdes (tanka)

a child with a lollipop

sharing with a shadow

on an empty street

—Jasmine (Senryu)

heavy rain on the crops

tears on the faces of farmers

after months of drought

beautiful nurse about to give my injection

asks if I am afraid or not

tells me she is an intern

—Leon (Senryu)

in the end 

I had forgiven her

but she had passed away

—Norman (Senryu)

fireflies and eyes of owls

light up

a gloomy summer night

chirping of cicadas 

breaks the silence

of a torrid afternoon

—Hades 

teddy bear

loved dearly

peeks out of the rubbish bin

384400 km away

from the moon

a pale blue dot

—Teresa

red leaves over the tree roots

still cliff

and water falling

thunder in the distance

roaring of 

lions on the savanna

—Hades

read the lines on my palm

read the expression on my face

but you don’t know what I have in mind

—Alan

dizzy rabbit

rushes through the kaleidoscope forest

not finding the way out

—Sarah

sun rises

I feel warm

when I see him

—Pinki

cascade around

the old tree’s roots

red leaves just now fallen

—Joanna

chocolate melts

in a precious white handkerchief 

in the child labourer’s hand

frowning eyebrows 

weary lips

on a rapping clown’s face

bright-colorer butterfly

lands on a blind man’s hand

and is swatted 

—Dorothy

new butterflies 

sip nectar

in the picture

little red rose

still blooming

at the bride’s funeral

—Nicole

breezes sway the tree

leaves land 

in fallen water

dogs chase butterflies 

on a high hill

where sheep grazes

—Carmen

the bore tree

takes in the river

thought its leaf strewn roots

—Carrie

saddlebrown roots

gold maple coated

water rushes over

a small brown bird

lights up the night

voice of the nightingale 

flowers of tree

dazzle

and fade

—Oscar

near naked beggar

under cardboard

outside the tailor’s shop

—Dorothy

lazy cat

frozen goldfish

staring each other

—Nicole

blood drips from the muzzle

of the crawling cat

dead mouse in his paws

—Alan

riding on a roller coaster

Mr. Bean

has fallen asleep

pushing through the waves

stared at by the seagulls

sailing

—Wendy

September 22, 13:00

leaves lose their tree

float to the river

flow away from here

—Terrence 

a tree is very slowly escaping

from one season to next

feet dipped in the brook

—Milly

leaves fade

into the earth, the stream

the roots of the tree go slowly

—Shally

old tree on the mountain

red leaves tall

fresh water ponds the ancient stones

—Johnny

leaves down

water fall

rainbow says hello

—Jim

“time to travel with the stream”

that’s how the tree

lets its leaves go

—Wien

every season of this flame

the fresh stream laps

the old old roots

—Puffin

something hides behind the tree

waken to the twittering

a tiger goes back to sleep

—Kim

noisy water fall

quite read leaf

neither one knows

—Derek

leaves float 

the water sounds like rain

 summer gone

—Vanko

leaves would like to leave

by swimming 

the tree

resists

—Yuki

leaves down

branches empty

everyone waiting for birds to sing

—Karina

red leaves 

fallen from the old tree

green shoots from the roots

—Siya

the tree’s snakes

tangle to keep each other warm

deep in sleeping winter

--Amber

the old tree dances

 too slowly

for the leaves to see

--Christina

stream of passing cascades

bears the red leaves

 to where the poet wanders

--Benzene

step over the rocks

the old roots

too thirsts for the stream

--Prime

water falls fast

to purl the stream

leaves lie damp beside

--Johnny

sere roots

leaves fallen

have you seen the new birds?

--Christine Wang

leaves fallen, stream flowing

will they meet

before first snows?

--Tony

friends try to find

the time capsule

under a decades tree

--Kelvin

they fall in silence

neither the stream nor the tree

protects them

--Charley

the sleeping tree

held its last leaves tight

but all are fallen now

--Lydia

fallen leaves

of the maple

nourish the old pale roots

--Ricky

tears fall

from a woman’s eyes

when she is cutting onions

—Wang Siyu

in a circle

big glowworms besiege me

children with mid-autumn lanterns

—WanKei Chon

pale moon 

erases its travelling path

until the grey of dawn

—Jorge

flower still in bloom

travels across the seabed

on the back of a hermit crab

—Benzene

sunlight on the sea

is fishing for vapour

as clouds demand

—Ferri

only one chamber empty

against his temple the cylinder spins

and then one dull click

—Yuri

riding a tricycle

tipping over, crying, having hit a stone

this fully grown man

—Susan

black and white birds

make from tree to tree

just because they are hungry

—Michael

weed floats by the shore

in among, two eyes

will you meet this crocodile?

—Tong

dark clouds

take this moon from the pond

leaving these fish friendless

—Ricky