Halloween
the piebald buck
reappears

warmth

the warmth commandment:
pajamas, woollen blankets
thou shalt not duvet

orange ribbons waving
dancing little girl
at bus stop

Halloween commute —
Elvis asks
for spare change

autumn morning -
maple leaves
on a cherry tree

falling back in time...
checking long division
and freehand numbers

weakening sun
cast through the half-empty
bird feeder

________

an early firework
celebrates the fact
that you’re late again

drawing the curtains
a robin sits on the pump -
first Christmas card

after the rain
a lone mosquito buzzes
leaves float down the lawn

woodcock set down
in a brushy pasture
autumn dusk

the whole orchard
shaking -
squirrels everywhere

late October

late October
all manner of tits
in the rose bush

words & photo © gerald england, 2007

more photos at http://ackworthborn.blogspot.com/2007/10/tits-at-feeder-again.html

crisp night sky

warming their hands
at the bonfire
...red maple leaves spread

overgrown weeds

wave in autumn breeze~

castaway

Northern Lights

Aurora sashays

across the northern sky,

petticoats swaying.

old setter snores
as I write out the check
for a puppy

after the rain
new mushroom peeking out
of the fallen leaves

freshly fallen leaves —
a two-hour meeting
I can’t avoid

big boss visit

whole plant running crazed

noticing late roses

at traffic light
leaves filling the windshield



cool evening
stars shine in icy blue sky

rocking the blues away eucalyptus shadows

[written on my recent trip to California]

on the windowsill --
mason jars brimming
with sunlight

© catnapping

Warm Honey

October sunshine;
maple leaves flag the breeze with
warm honey drizzle

(cross-posted at A Wrung Sponge)

beard

CALIFORNIA QUESTIONING

up here, far above
the cloud topped mountains
what would Basho think
silent majesty crossed
by a plane's shadow

* * * *

oil rigs in the distance
tin foil in the sand
would we give these up
the sea speaks in tongues
the sun has our backs

(Just got back from a brief trip to Santa Barbara, California, checking out a retirement residence in Goleta, which is actually looking like a very possible move for me.)

Ricardas' Haiku

crack in grey
warms up my back -
autumn treat

plyšys pilkame
šiltai nugar¹ glosto
rudenio džiaugsmai

in case you don't see Baltic script:
plysys pilkame
siltai nugara glosto
rudenio dziaugsmai

long shadow

cemetery wall windblown leaves gather my long shadow

words & photo © gerald england, 2007

Rime on the lawn
approaching late autumn
chilly morning air
the path
a carpet of leaves
falling like snowflakes
around me
silently
through
the sunrays

fall market day
display of pomegranites
in front produce aisle