billowing clouds
trailing the tractor
windrows of hay

chatter
in the outfield
katydids

evening shadows —
a crow
this side of the haze

new girl at school
maple pods
twirling endlessly

the river of heaven
my body
drifts away

a gang of men
followed by others
the ripe grain

August night
the crack of the bat
sends a chill

moonlight
on my hands
the smell of parsnips

starlit sky
a touch of dampness
on the scarecrow

autumn in the park
a soprano saxophone
merges with the night