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Frost: October First.*
Black ice on porcelain tile
poses a hazard.
10/03 Frost
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*Based on the true story of me slipping the other day.
Grains of truth still warm
cold lands taken over by
powerful liars.
10/02 Grain
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Hunterβs Moon follows
wild hands harvesting autumnβs
final lush, fierce fruits.
10/01 Hunterβs Moon
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Laughter follows, a
spot of darkness, shadow
of what can't be said.
09/29 Laughter
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Edging out towards eaves,
leaving the safety of home,
of what once was home.
09/28 Eaves
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Black sea bass swim in
the Gulf of Maine avoid trawls,
fish pots: Remain free.
09/27 Sea bass
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Footsteps not taken
or were they hidden beneath
lies easy to tell.
09/24 Footsteps
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Salmon migrate through
ocean water, swim up fresh,
rough river to spawn.
09/23 Salmon
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Chilly winter pen
erases sweat of free speech
from hot fallen snow.
09/22 Chilly
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Somber voices drop,
begin to die among star
networks worth millions.
09/21 Somber
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Songs, lyrics cascade
from past into present day,
haunt listening souls.
09/20 Cascade
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Moon glows in heart of
Edenic forest full of
holy grace, not sin.
09/19 Glow
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Mourning the morning
dawn of the day words withdrew.
They knew far too much.
09/18 Morning
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Rhizomes of lotus
spread unseen in muddy depths
birth enlightenment.
09/17 Lotus
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Have orchids or kids.
Is that the choice one must make?
Just get adult goats.
09/16 Orchids
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White-spotted fawn curled,
sitting, underneath smokebush
awaits mother doe.
09/15 Deer
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Chrysanthemum blooms:
"Dead Flowers" my mother called
them. Only for grief.
09/14 Chrysanthemum
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Green pumpkins grow in
spiderweb patch of gangling
vines awaiting thieves.
09/13 Pumpkin
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Harvest of loss. Leaves
fall softly, crash into ash
of fire set early.
09/12 Harvest
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Rain falls leaving cool
earth wet, cool to touch, heavy
with deep, dark puddles.
09/11 Puddle
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Church graveyard. Gravestone
tells story of belonging,
then love, loss, glee, grief.
09/10 Grave
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Harvest of plenty
begins with mirth, dance, drink, feast,
ends with winter smile.
09/9 Harvest
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Willow cries tears that
fall into forgetting waves,
drown in void, abyss.
09/8 Willow
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Ithaca laughter
resounds in Cascadilla
Gorge, echoes downtown.
09/7 Laughter
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Crimson, spent soul drifts
towards Lethean, uncanny
dun-blue tomorrows.
09/6 Crimson
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Beginning, waiting
with the September New Moon.
We rise, start again.
09/4 New Moon
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Yellow swirl in sky.
Smell of fierce, distant wildfire.
Cruel calamity.
09/3 Swirl
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