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feuillemort—
the color
of his voice
Corine Timmer
Frogpond 44.3, Autumn 2021
Hello readers,
There are moments of surprise in the poems hidden in between the time and space that breathes and echoes a voice of the universe. Unlock the door to the poem that stirs to startle you for a minute. Walk through them. Question the perception and resonate that with your experience. What makes you pause?
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From Corine Timmer
Thank you so much!!
I always loved the word feuillemort, it is such a rich word. The Meriam-Webster dictionary describes it as follows: "a brownish orange that is deeper and slightly redder than leather, yellower and deeper than spice, and yellower and deeper than gold pheasant. Also called autumn leaf, dead leaf, foliage brown, leather lake, oakleaf brown, philamot, withered leaf" The haiku inspired by this word was instantaneous. I could hear and feel the colours, sounds, and textures of autumn and everything associated with that season. It’s a very effective word to represent all our senses. An image of an older man (in the autumn season of his life) in a male setting jumped to mind. I imagined…
Lovely haiku. Congratulations, Corine.
I have not come across this word before and I had to do a Google search for it. But even before that, I understood this is a special ku, that there is synesthesia at play. And I was not disappointed. A great poem, Corine. Beautiful selection, @lakshmi iyer
A surprising haiku in more than one way! An unusual word... to describe color and even more surprising but understandable as voice "color"! I expected eye color ...voice is even more interesting. Personally, for me it evokes madras. Often piles af dead leaves, 5 pointed, each in a different gesture collect here... and so this color, and expression are linked for me in this interesting way. And rustle together with a gust of wind.... his voice! Ah, but we are starting another story! Love your haiku, Corine!
Interesting word. I had not heard it before though I recognized immediately that it is French for “dead leaves.“ The definitions and images through Google where much more helpful for understanding the complexity of the colors the word represents. Lovely Haiku, Corine.