Autumn isn’t gentle—it’s sacred collapse. The Orchard of Ash is my response to the dVerse Poets Pub’s Haibun Monday prompt, “The Fall of the Leaf.” Living in the Shawnee Forest, I witness the season’s descent firsthand: bruised apples, split bark, and the quiet violence of nature reclaiming itself. This haibun is a ritual offering to that chaos—a meditation on death, memory, and the beauty of letting go.

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