Autumn's Nativity (Haiku)

______ AUTHOR'S PROLOGUE ____ A Modern-Contemporary Haiku with A Traditional flavour in Theme. The syllabic sequence is unorthodox, by Traditional Haiku standards. How- ever, it is accepted, and practiced as it was over 1,500 yrs. ago, and the Zen Haiku verse of Matsuo Basho The standard structure of this three line, seventeen syllable poem follows a 5-7-5 syllabic sequence. However, going back to its origin, there were three requirements that have been main stays for more than 11/2 millenniums! ____(1) Three (3) lines, ____(2) Seventeen (17) total syllables ____(3) Nature themed The 5-7-5 syllabic order came many centuries later but was and remains an option to sequence as the Author see's fit. Thus, I have chosen to exercise that option in my below Haiku, by metering the (3) lines as follows: 6 - 8 - 3... I Hope You Enjoy! ~FjR~ ____AUTUMN'S NATIVITY____ Soil Tastes The First Leaf, Swallows of Ochre And Saffron; Autumn's Born.