crop ripens
leaf colors
thistle crowns
apple falls
milkweed bursts
old barn leans
monarch flies
zinnia blooms
heart finds home
In memory of my Aunt Harriet whose commital was today…
fall flutters by
26 Sep 2016 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: fall, leaves, monarch, wings
CDHK’s prompt from Jane Reichhold’s “Dictionary of Haiku”: Â butterfly
flicker of orange
falling leaves with patterned wings
monarch migration
photo by lynn
seasonal affective quadrille
31 Aug 2016 9 Comments
in quadrille, rhyming verse Tags: fall, geese, leaves, pumpkin, sleet
Written for dVerse poets quadrille #15 on “leaves” theme.
cicada chorus hums in grass
daylight shuffles a retreat
autumnal dirge crescendos fast
music follows frosty sleet
mournful geese raise the call
barren branches grieve their leaves
flutter down in wistful fall
time’s march sighs reprieve
when voice of pumpkin
sings ripely from garden
when i die, as every leaf must
25 Sep 2015 15 Comments
in jisei, tanka Tags: death, fall, leaves
photo by lynn
If i die in fall
(due to my own clumsiness)
as dry leaves crackle
cry over cake, then laugh at
my swift entrance into JOY!
Joining Gayle at dVerse today on theme of Japanese death poems (jisei).
time passages
13 Jan 2015 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: dance, fall, joy, leaves, time
Linking to Carpe Diem’s time glass challenge
leaves let go of fear
fall free, float on air, swirl down
celebrate changes.
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letting go self-consciousness,
we can twirl life’s dance with joy!
under his wings
13 Dec 2014 5 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: fall, grace, love, mercy, spring, summer, winter
God covers me
with his gentle hand
like a warm coat
in winter winds.
He covers me
with his wide mercy
like a big umbrella
in spring downpour.
He covers me
with his tender love
like a bridal tent
in summer sun.
He covers me
with his life’s blood
like a full pardon
in fall starkness.
He covers me
with his eternal grace
like a safe shelter
in all seasons.
“We live under an umbrella of goodness and mercy.” Â (Pastor T. on Psalm 23)
“I am my beloved’s and he is mine…his banner over me is love.” (Song of Songs)
autumnal graces
30 Sep 2014 6 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: autumn, fall, harvest, leaves, pumpkin
fall’s fabulous
potpourri of
apple cinnamon
milkweed pods
chill mornings
pumpkin spice
ditches burning
damp leaves
hot choco-latte
indian summer
fermented silage
crisp corn husks
squirrel’s cache
windmill spinning
ripened melons
monarchs’ route
fuzzy cattails
combines’ dust
weaned calves
cold drizzle
mud on road
harvest moon
a poem in my pocket 
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