exposed

moonglow

through the skylight -

hanging print askew

lucky walk

full autumn moon
black cat strays
across my path

simple

one leaf-
green
yellow red

turn

summer gone

autumn come

birds - what will you do?

fall

autumn's morning light
turning treetops from
green to orange

thoughtless

man's notebook
open to a blank page
expressing his thoughts

interruption

a solitary crow
interrupts
the flawless sky

gems

afternoon sunlight -
broken glass on the sidewalk
glints like emeralds

interbeing

meditating
thoughts receding -
caw of a crow

orange

late-summer sunset -
I jump up to see
the last touches of orange

vanishing

morning walk to work -
as I pass the trees
bright Venus disappears

Minnesota - last day on the lake

last day on the lake -
stiff breeze bends
supple branches

...

last day on the lake -
surf running towards the shore
fades into silence

...

last day on the lake -
glimpses of sun through
trees soon to turn

Minnesota - rest

to the loon's
hollow cry -
I wake smiling

...

a chipmunk flits
across my chest -
who is more surprised?

...

stirring from a nap
I feel the urge
to nap

Minnesota - nature

rushing to the dock
to capture
a fading pink twilight

...

first red
maple -
where did summer go?

...

I gaze
into the summer sky
and see -

Minnesota - hammock

in the hammock
neither happy
nor sad

...

breeze rustling leaves
surf splashing shore
I hear my every breath

...

memories
slide by
with the passing sun