Giving Thanks on Poetry Friday

Asian Rural Institute mural

Happy Thanksgiving Poetry Friday Friends. I'm thankful for all of you and the gifts you share each week. The Roundup today is at Sloth Reads. Rebecca is celebrating Your Favorite National Food Day! Thank you, Rebecca.

It's "stick season" here in New Hampshire. Bare limbs are silhouetted today against gray skies. The only color is from evergreens, the rust colored beech leaves that hang on into winter, and red winterberries near swampy areas.

So in preparation for hibernation  mode, I've been working on a children's book abut the Asian Rural Institute in Japan where my husband and I volunteer. Today I'm sharing some haiku from a first draft. Rice harvest and sweet potato harvest are September celebration days at ARI. The big annual Harvest Thanksgiving Celebration is an annual event in mid-October.

golden rice bows

awaits the sickle

crows circle

sweet treasure
hiding in black soil

October’s prize

song, dance, food, games

celebrating the harvest

with thanksgiving

Haiku and photos copyright Joyce Ray