cold toes
bloodletting
for winter solstice
Tag: autumn
9 to 5 in October
running the treadmill
neurons denote: chilly weather
fog and rain
sweaters to be pulled
from summer hibernation
tasks that pile like firewood
against a long dark winter
eyes thread traffic
but ignore the change
of autumn leaves
Brittle
autumn scatters leaves
sunburnt early
with edges rimmed
and puckered
the mouths of ill
children
crying in vain
as they are swept away
Criers for the Queen
two trees in a green meadow
harken the footsteps of Autumn
showering gold and crimson
for Her royal train
Warblers in Autumn
On the branch, a snap, a creak
and the pinches of a warbler’s beak.
One bug, two bugs, all caught quick
from bark to twig and foliage mixed.
His hunger demands in all its might
to be sated before the southern flight;
Winter comes, a long cold night.
Heatwave
waiting for the cool skirt of night
to sweep away the Indian summer
I am brown and over-ripe
and seek the relief of harvest
Lament of Late Summer
the nights still hold midday’s breath
but on deceptive winds, the winged flee
heralding the approaching cold
fall’s crispness
winter
snap
