Halloween Color

 

Halloween
haunted in harvest reds
summer’s fallen

Note: Here’s a happy halloween haiku for you!

October Blooms

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

Smiling at Eternity

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Our bones are always smiling. Continue reading

Hope for Heliotrope

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

Leaves Aflame

 

Leaves aflame set my heart afire with thanks. Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick, MA, red tree by pond

Leaves aflame
set my heart afire
with thanks Continue reading

Clover Lit

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

Happy National Poetry Day

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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

Looking Up

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

Lune for the Moon

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gray and white,
clouds unroll like mummy wrappings
for the moon

Notes: Happy October! I’m gearing up for Halloween. Continue reading

Dinosaur Dawn

Canadian Kestrel

Used by Permission of Cindy Knoke

Baby Oriole

Used by Permission of Cindy Knoke

Hummingbird with pink cheek

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

Stories are Spirits

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Perhaps stories are spirits
that live in our world. Continue reading

Sandy Treasures

Broken shell in the sand

Sandy treasures are
tossed by storms
like living toys. Continue reading