
DAILY PHOTO: Murphey Candler Park
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lakeshore ducks
with heads turtle-tucked
against autumn winds

striped mountain —
long shadows lie across
the forest floor

rhododendron
and mountain-ash ring
the mountaintop

yellow hoods
on red berries
warm my mind

autumn afternoon —
the sun dips behind the hill,
faux sunset



Muscovy duck
struts up the trail -
business-like

the last leaf
flutters to the ground
too soon for winter