Tag Archives: Fall

Adirondack

9.19.2020 [adirondack] The first treeto fire into autumnhas turnedand the smell of leavesand fire sweeten the airjust like last year and the yearbefore and the year before, though perhaps a bitmore beautifully this year, all unknowing of wildfires to the … Continue reading

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dangling threads – September 9

9.4.2017 our swagger fails in the flood of whatever comes. so closely fragile is the veneer of our powers —————- we pull the dangling thread on this side, and watch the other sleeve fall off. it’s all connected. more subtly … Continue reading

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tunnels of trees – November 5

10.23.2016 tunnels of trees gold, flame, fading browns fill us as we drive.   my heart slows back to times when we piled then crunched   ourselves into the musky crisp that held them and wrapped around us.   we’d … Continue reading

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silent trumpets – May 5

5.5.2016 the great devils of the day sound siren songs, clamor of greatness if only one will ignore what all is obvious, but instead take and eat for surely you will come to know good and evil and greatness if … Continue reading

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a glimpse of light – November 22

11.22(8).2015 ducks quack sun low in the sky water falling into a leaf filled pool   we walk into a dark tunnel of trees, our eyes wide and   searching always searching for a glimpse of the light. ——————

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first fall – September 28

9.28.2015 cool crisp crunch underfoot   first leaves down curled   turning in the black night   house lights beckon. —————-

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innocence – September 10

9.10.2015 CS draws pictures of innocence   in gardens un burdened by us   before we lost our sight   and saw only dead rocks   and limited vegetation lives.   can we still go there   not only in … Continue reading

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east facing leaves – September 9

9.9.2015 east facing leaves yellow first flocks of geese honking south   signs of the change. ——————–

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diamond edges – September 23

9.23.2014 the leaves backsides have turned silver, the air as clear as any vibrant day   tree limbs scattering where the wind last blew and the dog whimpers in his sleep.   Fall questions the ways forward, like diamond edges … Continue reading

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twenty six degrees mid may – May 13

5.13.2014 twenty six degrees mid-may. spring seems to have sprung   though a big round moon harvest moon hangs through the empty trees   perhaps we’ve flipped one-eighty on the seasons   and we’re the last to know. ——————  

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