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Fig Leaves (Haiku)
by Kate Burnside
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Rated "PG13" by the Author.

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FIG LEAVES


Green: the colour of
too-early lost innocence;
tumbling red: ripe love 



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Reviewed by Jon Willey 9/5/2009
symbolic of innocence and intrigue at the same time -- the innocence, as you say, all too often, tossed away -- with the first blush of intrigue -- peace and love my friend -- Jon Michael
Reviewed by SOULFUL SHEE G. Pulsing In Passionate Purple PassionS 8/26/2009
Oooh, BEAUTIFULLY said and felt and known!
Fig Leaves, Love this simple quaint Ku Kate!
I don't Haiku's but you Sure do, and YOU Excel at the depth and perception of what you want to share!

WRITE ON!
Blessings, Peace and WARM Hugs, Purple_Passions, SHEExooo
Reviewed by Barbara Terry 8/23/2009
A wonderful and colorful haiku. Thank you for sharing this.

May the Lord Jesus bless you, and those whom you love, and who love you, and be with you always, and at your side constantly. With much love in my heart, joy to the world, peace on earth, & ((((((((((MANY WONDERFUL SISTERLY HUGGGGSSSS)))))))))), your little sister, Barbie.
Reviewed by Bhuwan Thapaliya 8/23/2009
Kate...profoud Haiku...powerful write from you yet again...I wonder how you manage to come out with lines(powerful) such as these again and again....Your poetic talent is second to none...Gifted you are my friend...your style is unique and I can spot your poems without your name cause no one writes as you...keep them coming my friend...love n luck...BHUWAN!!!!
Reviewed by Bill Broome 8/23/2009

The power and path of nature in a capsule. Top-notch writing, here.
Reviewed by Phyllis Jean Green 8/22/2009
Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Kate, this is. . .how do I say it. . .p e r f e c t
in every respect. Tumbling red ripe l o v e-ly!! Peace and Love
and Balmy Weather a l w a y s, 'Pea'
Reviewed by Vesna TwinFlameunion 8/21/2009
I must say Kate..this is superb..
I find Haiku too demanding..thus , those that have managed to produce, even one, are amazing writers..

Hugs,

Vesna :)
Reviewed by Sheila Roy 8/21/2009
Bold colors. Love the contrast here. Two qualities we all possess at one point. Hugs,
Sheila
Reviewed by jude forese 8/20/2009
when we loose our innocence do we become envious of what we once had? ... i think not, we'd rather ripen our sweetness while flashing our love ... great ku, Kate ...
Reviewed by Jackie (Micke) Jinks 8/20/2009
You never cease to amaze me, dear Kate! What images you bring to our interpretive minds with such few words. Delightful!!
Blessings and Love - Micke
Reviewed by Carole Mathys 8/20/2009
excellent haiku, Kate...so powerful

Carole~
Reviewed by Debashish Haar 8/20/2009
The metaphor is powerful, and the haiku is hard hitting. So much expressed in a few words. You are a zen master, didn't I say that before!

Debs
Reviewed by Christine Alwin 8/20/2009
...ah, the ripness of this is fulfilled..I too think of an apple....awesome work Kate
Love
Christine
Reviewed by D Johnson 8/20/2009
Great Ku, Kate, simply great.

Cheers,
Dan
Reviewed by A PAX 8/20/2009
You have mirrored the process of life in a biblical sense here by connecting nature and humanity....this gave me a smile....it is intelligent and endearing..........pax A
Reviewed by La Belle Rouge 8/20/2009
I'm impressed once again, this is perfection Kate. The contrast are wonderful.
Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan 8/20/2009
perfect images are created with your words
Reviewed by Rose Rideout 8/20/2009
Kate you share with us a picture within your words. Thank you for sharing.

Newfie Hugs, Rose
Reviewed by Ted Bossis 8/20/2009
Another re-live of sentiment and gradations .~. evol_Ted
Reviewed by Georg Mateos 8/20/2009
A gust of wind came and blew away the leaf...and she was naked.
Love was slithering down from high branches.

Georg

Reviewed by John Flanagan 8/19/2009
Kate,
Yes! How rich the fig and its leaves are since ancient times, how emotive, erotic and iconic!
If you haven't read that famous passage in Women in Love (DHL) on how to eat a fig, then do, please. Love this!

John
Reviewed by Dawn Wilson 8/19/2009
Kate, this is so lovely.
Reviewed by Felix Perry 8/19/2009
I love the comparison of the ripening fruit to love, and it is so easily equatable, picked to soon it can be bitter, hard and be spit out as too sour to the palette, if knocked to the ground by weather it may be bruised and although some of it will be okay the bruises will make it less appealing, if let to late, it will rot on the vine but....if picked when ripe it will be perfect and we savor the taste a long long time. Lovely Ku sweet KATE...
hugs
Fee
Reviewed by Karen Palumbo 8/19/2009
Awwww how sensitive and heartfelt, beautiful lady...

Be always safe,
Karen
Reviewed by Gene Williamson 8/19/2009
Mighty tasty, Kate. -gene.
Reviewed by George Carroll 8/19/2009
A look back, and forward and have we learned anything. Pensive Ku
Reviewed by Lori Moore 8/19/2009
Nice one, Kate.
Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado 8/19/2009
Wonderful 'ku, Kate; brava! Simply outstanding!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in America, Karen Lynn in Texas. :D
Reviewed by Dallas D'Angelo-Gary 8/19/2009
Lovely! And here we all are, because of it. Very nice, Kate!
Reviewed by Joyce Bell 8/19/2009
A WELL DONE HAIKU...THANKS FOR SHARING AND GOD BLESS.
JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
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