November Chill

November’s damp chill 
settles into my bones 
despite weak sunshine 

National cemetery, 
row upon row of flags 

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November on the Brain

The first startling snow melts. 
The evidence of an odd year 
disappears into wet puddles 
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Summer Leaves

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summer leaves fall
but petals always bloom,
in memory

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Thanksgiving

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Thankful for art and music,
for time with my family,
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Love Note

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autumn blooms,
each petal a love note
to seed-stars

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Red Maple Tanka

Red Leaf, tips curled, as if remembering

flight
one perfect moment
remembered

fingers curled in longing
to relive one’s height

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Do you have one time in your life you would relive if you could?

Starry Tree Haiku

Starry, starry night 
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze 
Swirling clouds in violet haze 

— Don McLean, from Starry, Starry Night
(describing Van Gogh’s painting)

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November night,
Incandescent, magic sight,
Transcendent with light.

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November Haiku

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Iceskating Fairies

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Thistles with icy prickles

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Nature rimmed in white

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