A whole bunch of freeXpressions writing!

 Today's freeXpression prompt was Harvest

I first wrote some haikus:

oak leaf before shrooms

autumn colors of plant rest

no chlorophyll here

fungus umbrellas

shade from autumnal sun

and tasty too

if mushrooms dream

of being massive trees

let them dream

up springs the green new

supplant the older

generation

oak leaf oak leaf

from where did you blow in?

enjoying your visit?

this life nearly done

stalks fading to compost

plant cemetery

And then I thought I'd give a new form a try - a prose poem:

Rise up, rise up, tiny fungal wonders of nature. Persephone makes ready for her journey to her cold and drear house; this is your time to thrive. Gaia casts off her foliage coat and you feast.

Still haikus

 Last week's freeXpressions prompt was Still:

Which prompted these hiakus:

chlorophyll covered

nestled still within nature

serene within self

expressive figure

settled on prefab slab

she seems satisfied

solitarily

nothingness is everything

and all within

clothed in foliage

draped in greenery

comfortably reclined

eyes closed

mind open

Haikus from a blue landscape

 The latest freeXpressions prompt was Blue and the picture was this:

Which prompted these haikus!

seventeen thoughts

all wanting to be expressed

the first one is…

ground and clouds are blue

sky whispers of orange moon

total opposites

moon tries to outshine

comes into the Sun’s ‘hood

scrappy fighter

are the smaller peaks

jealous of the bigger peaks?

they get names

the moon, smooth and round

while the Earth is so bumpy

my view, anyway

the man on the moon

got there before space flight

how?

the whole Earth is blue

and the moon is orange

extrapolation

the moon in orbit

gravity and inertia

falling and missing

lunar vacation?

travel time deal-breaker

the beach is closer

wispy blue cloud

can the moon smell it?

intoxicating

giant fake mustache

across the moon’s face

incognito

health advisory

cyanobacteria

everything’s covered

blue dust from above

carried in the atmosphere

it stains the clouds

the deep blue sea

and above is sky blue

ground wants to play too

rosy glow of dusk?

the early blush of dawn?

which way’s East?

all in shadow

and the Shadow knows

supercomputer

the Earth seems sad

while Moon looks cheery

toxic relationship

glowing substitute

it’s just not the real deal

saccharine shine

dolphin-like leaps

but no hoops to jump through

and no tricks

dark moon splotches

I thought it was cold in space

lunar mold