harbinger – October 22

10.22.2016

the tree makes

me smile

all golden in

the late day

sun

 

first to grasp

the coming of

autumn

it sparks fire

and proclaims

the passing of

the green.

 

harbinger, signal,

open heart of

seasons’ movement,

I love

this tree.

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first grade – October 21

10.21.2016

in first grade

teacher asked

what we wanted

for Christmas.

 

a machine-gun,

I stared,

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a moosey tale – October 20

10.20.2016

long miles of trees

red white pine,

poplar, scrub,

a moosey place

and over a hill

in the road

there he is

 

lumbering, clopping

sunken horsey hips,

akimbo

ambling forward,

black against the

northern sky

 

he notices us

considers and turns

into the woods

no panic

just gone.

a moosey tale

for the moosey trail.

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bullyboywhines – October 19

10.19.2016

bullyboywhines

not used to being

on the receiving

end

 

somethingmustbe

wrongyes

it’s no longer a

riggedgame.

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should – October 15

10.15.16

I walked away

from should

today

 

I felt my soul

say go and

play

 

let the spirit

guide your

way.

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great river road – October 12

10.12.2016

the hills and curves

of the great river road

spill and swirl

through cobbled

cornstalks and dappled

hillocks, dutch scaled

roofings, moo cow silos

and heather.

 

greens, ochres

dust yellows and

spark whited cliff

faces fare about

and around the

river wide, narrow

en-isled and opened

carvings of its pathway.

 

land of pines and

scrub, eagles

and mollusk,

we sink gratefully into

its sovereign flow.

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friendly birch – October 11

1o.11.2016

a friendly birch tree

holds us as we

share sandwiches

and wine along the road

the gift of many ages

waiting there

for us.

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hands in the dark – October 7

10.7.2016

dark crisp night

branches so stark

against

the sky

 

we hold hands

into the dark

stepping ahead

with each

other

 

as if we’d always

known.

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warm sweater – October 6

10.6.2016

warm sweater with

hole in sleeve

still the friend of

generations.

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they asked – October 2

10.2.2016

they asked for

a poem

 

so I told

one

 

which they

weren’t

expecting.

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