Spelling Bee Haiku

[oursonpolaire]

Like the autumn leaves
carried away by new words
garments softly fall.

To spell choryza
is not her victory tonight
socks, then trousers go.

Spelling Chersonese
keeps classical scholars warm.
Others lose drawers.

Claire's orthography
as maple leaves in the breeze
thus garments drift down

Faconné's letters
easy for the textile artist--
others lose their shirts.

(From Haikoux de voyage, fascicle 2)