crickets and brittle leaves empty seed pods scurrying in the heavy scent of autumn

In the lamplight leaf shadows break on the ragged edges of my heart

Now that love has died Only silence remains between Two lonely people

I am a tree beside the water my ancient roots run deep and wide in Mother Earth as one body dies

In the universe Of winking stars is there one Who also wonders?

the darkening hills a triumvirate of crows in the glowing gloom

death is absence of thought - zen how can we be afraid of something we cannot live to experience? it’s life that is frightening

we don’t know who he said he was we came from curiosity and stayed for the inhumanity

The taste of winter ice Dug in August from the sawdust Of Conley’s ice house The slap of the screen door On Grammy’s porch

the universe opens accepting my homecoming sky races by

wind tangled trees coiling across a yellow moon spiraling leaves surf-curled dunes

Snowflakes or fireflies Beneath an oval moon Do I wake or dream?

SHIPBOARD last night from starless skies a t… stunned and shaken, seeking shelte… from unfamiliar shipboard lights I watched it falter with wings out…

Autumn dusk descends Street lights run on rain-slicked… To glistening pools

I met her at the supermarket this… She told me she works in the schoo… I saw again a little girl nervousl… at the taunting –Tallest girl in g… And I wonder if she’s back there…