in her final season
still she reigns supreme
Submerged
a fallen leaf
in the not yet frozen pond
reaches for the sky
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
Hortensia
the golden girl’s bloom
will weather winter
Splash
crabapple color
surges to the rooftop
Dinosaur Birch
resting in the woods
massive muscular legs
roots her to the earth
Rock Roses
when the leaves fall
the rock blooms roses
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
In The Rain
shorter days
sweeten
the crabapples
Bewitching
a sensuous squash
entices with curves
Granite Kiss
eternal
adoration
for the woods
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
Undressed
a naked tree stands
in autumn’s boudoir
of pink and grey
Deep Shadows
river rocks
wear fall’s colors
Luna
October’s morning moon
mourns departing light and leaves.
All Reticence Abandoned
October leaves compete
in displays of gloriousness
Layers
the pond is a mirror
that magnifies beauty
Sanctity
sacred
are the autumn woods
a ritual of colors
Wanderers
like shooting stars
milkweed travels
on wishes and hope