steamy oatmeal with brown sugar
the sound of crunching leaves
Irish sweaters
purple mums
warm blankets on the bed
coffee with pumpkin scones
amber leaves
old flannel
crisp morning breezes
frost on the grass
Fall Pleasures
Tag Archives: nature
Fence
Are you keeping me in, or keeping me out?
Hopeful
Baked cauldrons wait to be filled.
The echo of their emptiness
rings with hopeful meloncholy.
River Sounds
Sometimes I lay in the loft and hear the water hit the docks.
The boats sway and their bumpers whine.
Ducks call out with protesting quacks and geese
continue their conversation in mid-flight.
I’ll miss you when we leave, dear river;
but will keep your sounds buried deep in my peaceful heart.
Roads in the country
Who’s walked along your path?
Who’s stepped along your grassy edges?
Who’s pulled an errant leaf from an overhanging limb?
Explain the soft sense of comfort that
blankets my spirit when we walk together–
or say nothing and know that I love you
for your booming silence.
Roses
Blushing coral roses,
you always look so dressed up.
Zoo Bird
Watchful and weary, you stood motionless
as your image was captured.
Is your spirit still free?
The first day of fall
Red leaves touch my cheek in the blowing wind
and wave farewell as they pass.
Goldenrod in the Fog
Hovering above a field of goldenrod,
the fog lifted slowly and floated away.
Swaying slightly in the cool morning breeze,
the stalks readied themselves for a better view.
Thoughts of Zinnias
Listening to an important financial discussion,
hoping to understand and process the information–
my thoughts kept returning to the zinnias
in my mother’s late summer garden.
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