8 November 2019 (snow)

first snowfall

only the crows

seem unsurprised

7 November 2019 (rain)

continuing rain

what else can I say

that you haven’t heard

6 November 2019 (bearberry)

bearberry

just the thought of winter

makes me hungry

5 November 2019 (dark and stormy)

dark and stormy night

sharing our stories

of climate change

4 November 2019 (withered fields)

Written in response to a prompt on Twitter, the kigo (season word/s) “withered fields,” thinking of the small flock of Sandhill Cranes that pauses every fall in farm fields in Smithfield, Maine (central Maine) during their migration south.

withered fields

the voices of cranes

as they circle to land

3 November 2019 (crows)

dia de muertos

shadows of crows passing

through yellow leaves

2 November 2019 (monks)

the fall colors

of the Buddhist monks’ robes

letting go

1 November 2019 (storm)

autumn storm

baring more than our souls

can handle

31 October 2019 (halloween)

halloween night

the ghostly forms

of hay bales in headlights

30 October 2019 (maple)

this glowing maple

a moment

of self-revelation

29 October 2019 (wind)

autumn wind

the shape of an animal

beyond the porch light