piano practice
leaves swirl
allegro con brio

scudding moon
a starfish holds fast
to the hull

neck
& neck —
geese

first names
no longer in fashion
weathered headstones

between roots and branches
centuries
and a child’s swing

autumn wind
I take what I want
of the apples

October fest
too much oom-pah-pah
in the mustard

leaves in the wind . . .
this time
I let him go

godless month
a double rainbow
spans the mourners

first snow
cascading through cedar
a woodpecker’s call