under the jujube tree
three sparrows chatter with glee
free fallen fruit
under the fall moon
a civet owl calls – who who
in the jujube tree
under this roof lives
a cat and four students
in the garden
the cat climbs the jujube tree
hunting for gormless sparrows
© G.s.k. ‘15
Though the fruit of the jujube is often called red date, Chinese dates, Korean dates, or Indian dates, they are in fact nothing at all like a date. They look (and taste) like tiny apples as I discovered this fall at my son’s house. Bastet
Written for: Haiku Horizons – Under and OctPoWriMo – Day 26
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