10 October 2021 (sheep)

flock of island sheep

scattering gathering

autumn light

9 October 2021 (falcon)

hunting falcon

a red-headed woodpecker

loses its head

8 October 2021 (cuckoo)

shifting winds . . .

a cuckoo disappears

into the thicket

7 October 2021 (sin)

sin of pride

the crabapples

from our new porch

6 October 2021 (leaves)

gathering

the first yellow leaves

spruce boughs

5 October 2021 (bird mind)

bird mind

assessing the crabapples

from our back porch

4 October 2021 (feather)

early dusk

a friend mails me

a feather

3 October 2021 (rain)

fall begins

after a long absence

waking to rain

2 October 2021 (cat)

also while

I’m unpacking

cat in my suitcase

1 October 2021 (Trap Day)

gull light

a boat piled with lobster traps

chugs out of the harbor

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co-written with Bryan Pfeiffer. Today is Trap Day on Monhegan Island, the first day of the lobster-fishing season here. They will fish until the first week of June.

30 September 2021 (Galilean moons)

Galilean moons

the perfect clarity

of hindsight