branched
right and left
both needing the stem
Affiliation
each petal’s edges
distinct within the group
solitary side by side
Conciliation
autumn morning sun
warms the low lying cold
compromise before winter
Alighted
hope
is faith’s comrade
keeping us afloat
Field’s Erudition
solitary walk
a revelation of light
darkness cannot hold
Assurance
with just
a little warmth
life springs forth
Barely There
colors
soon a memory
landscape’s bones laid bare
Assertion
night held tight
in the morning’s frost
while the bloom asserted day
Still
leaves newly gone
night unpacks her bags
no gloom in the glooming
Dwelling
the old barn
is history’s house
home of every season’s work
Buche de Noel
mushroomed and mossed
the forrest’s
confection of perfection
Apple’s Obligation
time is the harvester
of a crop that grew
to feed the earth
Time’s Thread
shadow’s long reach
knits together
shorter days
The Plenty
how can I miss the flowers
when every leaf’s in bloom
fall bouquets abound on trees
Birds As Leaves
wintry gust
dismisses the flock
flight like leaves
Gathering
cold gathers
in the tree line
stronger than November sun
Echo
all the departures of fall
echo all the departures in life
a practice of fond farewells
One by One
each leaf
in their own time
glory then the fall
Portrayal
designed by time
colors and lines
fallen fall
Pumpkin Patch
orange tide
awaits the moon
and frost to call it home
Cacophony
rustle of leaves
squeaking of trees
sounds of season change
Resolve
between the frosts
a final bloom
tenacity of beauty
Four Fields
the spirit farmer’s
ephemeral harvest
is autumn light
Revealed
as leaves depart
the hideaway
is made known
Road Signs
full stop
traffic jam
of autumn’s color
Saturated
a bluing sky
intensifies
the turning of the trees
Seer
the skull
is a sacred thing
still holding all that was seen
Reading the Forested Landscape
October morning
the landscape’s poem
told in color and light
Sweets
blooming bon bons
the eye candy
of chocolate dahlia
Edged With Antique Lace
green field sparkles with frost
as winter takes residence
in the shadow’s depth