Indian summer
a turkey vulture swoops
to catch the thermal again

two hours till darkness . . .            
the crow already roosting
within the rowan

the sun sets
on the old man's deathbed,
on the nurse's legs

Halloween
crackly Draculas
in black garbage bags

an afterlife
of mariachi bands
day of the dead

windy day
the sound of the sea
in the sky

machine shop
the mechanic hums along
to a fluorescent lamp

moonless sky
is it night or the trees
that creep through the woods        

dawn frost
horses in the paddock
all facing east

early december
the bamboo forest
bends with rain