snow balanced on limbs
daring the wind
to draw new silhouettes
Portals
life passes through
on the way
to the great beyond
Wild Strawberries
with berries gone
leaves reminiscence
still coloring the lawn
Emerald Wall
barrier embraced
hard edges softened
by a majesty of moss
Carapace
the fern
tortoise shelled
winter’s slow approach
Home Together
place
made known
by stone and heart
Wild
herd
of birch gathers
in the zebra woods
Sides
branched
right and left
both needing the stem
Alighted
hope
is faith’s comrade
keeping us afloat
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
Buche de Noel
mushroomed and mossed
the forrest’s
confection of perfection
The Plenty
how can I miss the flowers
when every leaf’s in bloom
fall bouquets abound on trees
Echo
all the departures of fall
echo all the departures in life
a practice of fond farewells
Cacophony
rustle of leaves
squeaking of trees
sounds of season change
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
Beautiful World
autumn colors
creep up from behind
nine lives are not enough
Coloring
my eyes
can hardly hold
all the beauty that unfolds
Flow
oh to be
a leaf in the water
that shapes the rock
Shadow Bloom
backdrop of self
the play of light and shadow
a double bloom
Homecoming Dance
fall arrives
as leaf and shadow
dance in waning light
Leaf Skin
as the snake
sheds his skin
trees discard their leaves
To Every Thing
rose on leaves
in the season
of love
Change
the air foretold
of fall’s approach
and meadow rue took note
Art Lesson
leaves teaching
the positive aspect
of negative space
Well Met
begonia concedes
to the formality of coleus
donning a tiara of blooms
Kit
self possessed
the surety of instinct
edges out all doubt
Lady Slipper
much ado
about the lady’s shoe
petal wings give feet flight