Category: Fall
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Autumn haiku 2022
inhale Autumn air warm it in your lungs – exhale life tinged vapor clouds 10-23-22 —————————————– (image won’t load)
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Walk inside the warm
Last night you woke to the sound of northern winds in southern pines, the furnace chugging dollar bills and barfing BTU’s in the hall, while a dog howled two doors down to be let back inside. You had been dreaming you were chosen to shoot a basketball – something about winning money for a homeless…
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early autumn morning
standing half in half out the door left foot on kitchen floor right foot on concrete porch cool morning on face bright daylight dazzles eyes 10-8-22
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Waiting for Merlin’s call
The first day of Autumn doesn’t seem that much different from the last day of Summer, but you can’t stop thinking of aging and the miracles of ancient beliefs You wait for the alchemy of a warlock’s call telling you a negative is a positive and a wonderful excuse for a celebratory feast at an…
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Battle of the Equinox
The pond grows strangely quiet, Geese and goslings fled weeks ago, Cicadas no longer sing of love, Sated bullfrogs sleep in, Turtles are not sunning on the bank, Fish refuse to break the surface, The heron has gone hunting elsewhere. Autumn equinox arrives tomorrow, Draws depression’s curtain and Reminds us night will overwhelm the day.…
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approaching autumn tanka
maybe it’s early but I miss long-legged spiders nets from bush to bush mating and filling larders in advance of winter death 9-5-22
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haiku at the corner of Brandon Avenue & Landon Lane
sit still and listen while leaves discuss transcendence as they fall to ground 11-18-21
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after rain haiku
half-dressed Autumn trees shiver after last night’s rain white ships sail blue sky 11-12-21
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