sunset spectacle
fluid beauty
at the speed of light
The Good Company of Trees
changes are weathered
amidst constant beauties
in the good company of trees
Glow
leaves capture
the power of the sun
becoming embers of autumn
November Morning
merest crack of blue
in a grey sky
as wide as the world
Stroll
promenade round the perimeter
cows stroll the oxbow
Other Side
just before the hard frost
the grass is at its greenest
a promise to meet us
on the other side of winter
Modesty
naked trees
made
dusk blush
Snow Approaches
elevations
closest to heaven
wear white first
Enchantment
the pink forest
beckons
magic is afoot
Trio
waiting for the cornfield to be mowed
bovine beauties bask
in the last of Indian summer’s sun
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
Watercolor
the ripple of birch
a wash of maple, ash and pine
soft autumn seen
Bare Clothesline
October afternoon
only rain
hangs on the line
Color Divulged
morning fog rolls out
revealing the days
new colors
Fortification
the landscape floods with color
and soaks into our every cell
fortifying us for winter’s long monochrome
Red Dress
The maple
in her red dress
turns heads
The Kingdom
the heron presides
over his kingdom’s
changing colors
A Gate With A View
the world awaits
outside the garden gate
Revealed
nature reflects
the whole
of everything
River Bank
I invest my time
at the river’s bank
serenity is my yield
Magnificence
her majesty
saves a place for me
while holding up the sky
Before the Journey
on still water
geese convene
at the heron nest
Away
far far away
perched near the sky
a pasture and house
watch the world go by
Unity
keeping things together
rather than apart
the old fence embraces
autumn’s abundance of goldenrod
Rise
across the lake
the mountains rise
beneath puffed clouds
sweet sighs the sky
Respect
a freshly mown field
honors the old barn
Merry Meadow
a swath of wild flowers
lead to the road home
Mountain Flower
mountain of pink
a landscape of blooms
mirrors the granite outcropping
Sun Kissed
like the sun in July
yellow spreads across the field