Halloween
haunted in harvest reds
summer’s fallen
Note: Here’s a happy halloween haiku for you!

October blooms are
heavy under gray skies.
Summer is a faded smudge
on the hydrangeas. Continue reading

Our bones are always smiling. Continue reading

Heliotrope was in a sour mope.
She was the last crayon picked.
She felt as if she’d been kicked. Continue reading

Queen Anne’s Lace is
backlit by clover,
like raspberry planets
around a central star. Continue reading

This is just to say…
Thank you, Earth
that held tight trees
bent to their knees
in hurricane winds and
that imprints time itself
on gorges, stone and shelf,
in the language of fossil hieroglyphics. Continue reading

hope rises like heat
like a balloon let go
like prayers Continue reading

gray and white,
clouds unroll like mummy wrappings
for the moon
Notes: Happy October! I’m gearing up for Halloween. Continue reading

Used by Permission of Cindy Knoke

Used by Permission of Cindy Knoke

Used by Permission of Cindy Knoke
When dinosaurs greeted the dawn,
perhaps they tweeted and twittered,
while they preened and flirted,
just as their modern descendants
greet the dawn with a chorus that
rattles shutters and billows curtains. Continue reading

Perhaps stories are spirits
that live in our world. Continue reading
Sandy treasures are
tossed by storms
like living toys. Continue reading