on the frozen marsh
where everything is holding its breath
sunlight is the only motion
Palisades
eagles nests
affirm
this sacred place
Exposure
starkness unveils
beauty’s vulnerabilities
Tree Tales
their shadows tell the stories
the trees themselves
cannot utter
Thanksgiving Woods
the harmony of everything
resounds in the woods
on thanksgiving and all days
Revelation
autumn disrobes the landscape
revealing the elegance of limbs
Sun Dance
Sunlight glittered
in the cold
dancing on the pond
Moon Landing
the night’s snow
transforms the lawn
into the surface of the moon
Leaving Leaves
trees undress
and launder the land
with color
Ray
a shaft of sunlight
holds the pond open
Place
by the brook
under the apple tree
a good place to grow
Morning Mountains
thin November air
diluting colors
amplifying absences
Seeing Through
trees teach
how letting go
makes room for more
Claim
Fall forges the river
and stakes her claim with color
Long River
fertile fields reside
along the river’s sides
Embrace
encircled by color
fall’s final embrace
The Golden Hour
November light illuminates
perfection of the commonplace.
Reed’s Marsh
there is solace in the silence
this is heaven’s hush
Good Fortune
the hard frost delayed
more time to make hay
Fleeting Brown Zebra
the autumn landscape
wears fern’s stripes
like a zebra hide
Practice
the field mowed in circles
a meditation on fall
Preserving Beauty
color and light
embers of memories
to warm me in winter
Deep Shadows
river rocks
wear fall’s colors
Layers
the pond is a mirror
that magnifies beauty
Sanctity
sacred
are the autumn woods
a ritual of colors
New Day
dawn unwraps
our precious gift
another new beginning
Hard Sustenance
a seed landed
a root took hold
granite grows a tree
Descender
green hearts
traverse
the granite face
Foundation
mother earth’s
broad shoulders carry
the weight of humanity
Hay Bales
Packages of summer
destined for the barn
nourishment in winter