Brown Greens

Brown greens: branches sway
in wind’s gusts, stretching up to
meet Fall’s first hard rain.

Pyracanthus

Birds land onto twigs
dotted with crimson berries
to nest, feast, and fly.

Written about Carving Pumpkins

The seeds of the gourd
run in rows, held in place by
fibrous strands and slime.

Perfect

My feet in warm sand,
wind at the side of my face;
crane drying his wings.

Reading Buson

Badger in the dark--
hearing, did he come to check
on me, I wonder?