some of the color
that has left the woods
finds refuge on the island
Asylum
Contained
all transformations
of the seasons change
assembled in the now
First Hint Of Fall
a quick kiss
by the cool breeze
on the landscape’s cheek
The Painter’s Eye
autumn is an impressionist
embuing everything
with the emotion of light
How Autumn Starts
branches
reintroduce themselves
one tiny flare of red
Watercolored Woods
thinned by the rain
what remains
intensified by space
To Dwell Inside Magnificence
an autumn
walk in the woods
is to step inside the masterpiece
Intensity
not to be outdone
by turning maples
the stoplight dahlia
Attending Service
worship
in the woods
beauty is the pew
Color Burns In The Rain
maple flames
birch trails
white smoke
Late Meadow
the season’s colors
settling down
to the ground into brown
Leaves Leaving
the essence
of trees
emerging
New Light
the yellow woods
leaves offer up
the last of their light
First Light
as the garden bed sleeps
first light
blooms in the sky
When The Skies Open Up
red
dew drops
of crabapple rain
Departure
on red leaf wings
summer days
fly away
Magic Rays
the sky’s
crayons
coloring the trees
Beautiful World
autumn colors
creep up from behind
nine lives are not enough
To Every Thing
rose on leaves
in the season
of love
Sometimes
the grass is greener
right where you are
Sweet Slumber
the iris have been sent to bed
beneath a blanket of maple red
Snow Approaches
elevations
closest to heaven
wear white first
Divesting
the landscape disrobes
and through thinning color
the mountain emerges
Married
the roof is meadow of moss
a common law marriage
of structure and elements
Blaze
maple
sends up
a final flare of color
Thirst
edges drink the colors
of weather and time
which paint the leaves
Challenge
competitive dahlia
challenges fall’s colors
with her October bloom and bud
The Kingdom
the heron presides
over his kingdom’s
changing colors
Augury
shade foreshadows winter
waiting in the wings of fall
Splash
crabapple color
surges to the rooftop