30 September 2025 (a catbird)
Kristen Lindquist
a catbird upside-down
in the elderberry
lingering heat
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29 September 2025 (rustling poplars)
Kristen Lindquist
rustling poplars
a cuckoo slips unseen
from the thicket
28 September 2025 (cirrus clouds)
Kristen Lindquist
cirrus clouds
a new moon tide
resets the wrack line
27 September 2025 (sunset chill)
Kristen Lindquist
sunset chill
the monarch’s silhouette
as it flutters to roost
26 September 2025 (dinner party)
Kristen Lindquist
dinner party
a bird fluttering
at the lamp-lit window
25 September 2025 (slow swells)
Kristen Lindquist
slow swells
one by one gulls
lift out of the fog bank
24 September 2025 (small craft advisory)
Kristen Lindquist
small craft advisory
a porpoise hiding
in every wave
23 September 2025 (nip in the air)
Kristen Lindquist
nip in the air
a squirrel carries off
the sunflower’s head
22 September 2025 (the pulse)
Kristen Lindquist
the pulse of dawn lobster boats
21 September 2025 (the sky)
Kristen Lindquist
the sky slips into autumn blue chicory
20 September 2025 (morning chill)
Kristen Lindquist
morning chill
keeping the warblers
to myself