29 October 2022 (pine needle path)

pine needle path the way of the whirled

28 October 2022 (cough)

a lingering cough . . .

leaves rasp and skitter

down the sidewalk

27 October 2022 (a patch)

a patch of aspens

gilding the old clearcut

kintsugi

26 October 2022 (rain)

all day rain too tired to

25 October 2022 (yellow leaves)

yellow leaves drifting down one more week of quarantine

24 October 2022 (rain)

persistent rain

in the distance one crow

calls to another

23 October 2022 (silly)

in full view

of the blushing maple

bare ash

22 October 2022 (a flash)

a flash of insight

lost on waking—

Orionids

21 October 2022 (aspens)

yellow aspens

without a sound a jay

becomes sky

20 October 2022 (young sparrow)

a young sparrow

practicing its song

first frost

19 October 2022 (moonset)

moonset

a window cracked

for the last crickets