30 September 2010

jokes



Telling bawdy jokes,
These crows, do little else
To welcome the autumn.







29 September 2010

caskets




Jumping crickets
In search of winter homes?
Or tiny caskets?







28 September 2010

friends



Woodpecker you're back!
Did you have a good summer?
With family, or friends?




27 September 2010

geese



Screams of bloody murder
Geese next door so excited
All for the postman!






26 September 2010

scream



This evening's moon 
Held hostage 
To an owl's scream.







25 September 2010

window




A lost butterfly
I, too, see my heart beating
Between window panes.







24 September 2010

umbrella



Hibiscus rain
Autumn's late bloomer,
The red umbrella's!







23 September 2010

kiss




Puckering my lips,
Meeting the full moon head on,
Lunging for a kiss!







22 September 2010

rubies





An autumn sunset
Forest flickers with rubies
Trees wearing red rings.





21 September 2010

nothing



The honeybee
Between my fingers finding
Sweet nothing.



20 September 2010

moon



Afternoon moon,
Only witness to fig tree
Amputation.







19 September 2010

sailing



Sunflower seed
Sailing across the terrace,
The mighty ant!





18 September 2010

dressed



Dressed in solitude
But for the woodpecker;
Cold autumn morning!







17 September 2010

indian



In the marketplace
Finding the right price
For indian summer.







16 September 2010

pillow





Midnight worries
Carving a large dragon
From my pillow.







15 September 2010

white







Evening swallows,
On the menu tonight:
Plate of white clouds!





14 September 2010

fall





As the Catalpa leaves
Wither, so too, memories
Fall without sound.







13 September 2010

remorse







September mistral
Tickling small crocus
Without remorse.





12 September 2010

Oh!





Oh!.. the autumn ants!
Don't you ever think
Of playing badminton?







11 September 2010

weeping




Yellow bulldozer!
Across the forrest floor
A pine tree weeping.









10 September 2010

sleep



Solitary owl
Counting your plaintive cries
Into my sleep.





09 September 2010

budding



The budding waistline
Dictating decisions 
Concerning dinner.





08 September 2010

glass



Shattering glass sky,
Perched over the moist lawn,
Hysterical crow!





07 September 2010

sink





Trapped in morning sink
Spider plans escape
Through dirty wine glass





06 September 2010

brief



Two owls in the night
Alone in bed, through window
Hear their brief love cries.





05 September 2010

empty



Gone the summer guests,
Empty sofas and chairs,
The empty flowers!





04 September 2010

unhappy





An unhappy bird
Jolting me from reverie.
Morning meditation.





03 September 2010

call


                                                        
                                                
A foreign bird call.
Without a dictionary,
My misunderstanding.





02 September 2010

plums!




Inebriated!
A night of butterflies
and late summer plums.







01 September 2010

pink





Watching oleanders 
Go nowhere this morning.
The pink propellors!