Comment from patcelaw

Excellent

Nicely written haiku of nature. It painted in my mind a beautiful picture and you are to be commended for achieving that. Blessings Patricia

 Comment Written 21-Feb-2015

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reply by the author on 23-Feb-2015

Thanks for the kind words.

Steve

Comment from Travis64

Excellent

Although short, this was a beautiful write with well chosen words. Thanks for sharing your talent as this was full of poetic flavor! Well done!

~Travis64

 Comment Written 21-Feb-2015

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reply by the author on 23-Feb-2015

Thanks for the kind words.

Steve

Comment from Dr. Nad

Excellent

haiku (misty rainbows) This is a lovely poem that takes three aspects of nature and bow and combines them in a lovely literary piece. The beauty of your poem is that you can see all three at the same time.Rainbows long do we grass and apple bows can remind us of the farm life and the beauty that this life brings. Thank you for sharing with us. God bless you!

 Comment Written 21-Feb-2015

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reply by the author on 23-Feb-2015

Thanks for the great review - you are one of the few reviewers who seem to have grasped what I was trying to do here....

Steve

reply by Dr. Nad on 23-Feb-2015

You are very welcome,
Embrace the Love from above!

Comment from mumsyone

Excellent

misty rainbows
arching down to dewy grass
laden apple boughs

Vivid imagery and a touch of metaphor in your well-written haiku. Easy to see those boughs arched with different colored apples. Good satori in 'laden apple boughs".

 Comment Written 21-Feb-2015

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reply by the author on 23-Feb-2015

Thanks, Mumsy - actually, few reviewers seem to have 'seen' the connection between the branches and the rainbows...

Steve

Comment from Zue65

Excellent

An excellent haiku with interconnected grammatical two lines and the satori at the third line is a perfect ending which provided an element of surprise. i enjoyed your haiku. God bless.

 Comment Written 21-Feb-2015

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reply by the author on 23-Feb-2015

Thanks so much.

Steve

Comment from artemis53

Excellent

I had to read it a few times to get the visual. I was probably thinking of cherry blossoms instead of an apple orchard in the crisp mornings of an early, brilliant Autumn.

 Comment Written 21-Feb-2015

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reply by the author on 23-Feb-2015

Thank you - yes, we are already enjoying misty mornings and the apple branches are bowing with their load, even though e haven't quite made it to autumn yet...

Steve

Comment from rjuselius

Excellent

"misty rainbows
arching down to dewy grass
laden apple boughs"
this is a lovely haiku dear steve! i really think that the satori is a stroke of genius. the whole poem is well presented.
thank you for sharing!
good luck in the contest!
rebekka x

 Comment Written 21-Feb-2015

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reply by the author on 23-Feb-2015

Thanks, Rebekka.

I am very pleased you liked this - it seems to have missed the mark with some reviewers.

Steve

Comment from kiwijenny

Excellent

Kiwi I thought I had already reviewed this...but the box is empty so here goes
I loved driving into the country on the weekend to pick apples,,, we drove to Tauranga from Mount Maunganui...that's what your poem made me think of
God bless

 Comment Written 20-Feb-2015

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reply by the author on 23-Feb-2015

Thanks, jenny.

Steve

Comment from mfowler

Excellent

This is a very lovely poem and it's true haiku.
The first two lines are great scene setters. I had a genuine visual sense of the scene. Your satori line complements the opening lines really well. The muted rainbow colours of the dipping rainbow end represent a heavily laden bough of an apple tree. The colours could easily be the fruit, the bark and a variety of colours within the fruit. Original idea. Very evocative.

 Comment Written 20-Feb-2015

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reply by the author on 20-Feb-2015

Yay! Someone actually got that the arching boughs and the rainbows have similar shapes! I wwas beginning to think I had written something incredibly cryptic...

Steve

reply by mfowler on 20-Feb-2015

No, that was easy. I wanted to give it a six, but it's Saturday, if you know what I mean.

Comment from Giddy Nielsen-Sweep

Excellent

What a vision this haiku conjures in my mind, Steve. I see the morning dew on the Orchard and the ripe apples drooping on dripping branches. Well done and good luck, Giddy

 Comment Written 20-Feb-2015

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reply by the author on 20-Feb-2015

Thanks, Giddy - glad you enjoyed this, inspired by a morning walk in my 'orchard'.

Steve