
brisk graveyard day -
fall hues and cloudless blue
warm lost souls

brisk graveyard day -
fall hues and cloudless blue
warm lost souls

against blank gray
a bare tree branches
to defy fog’s screen



a crimson tree
stands out against pines
and azure skies

the fire climbs,
changes shape, and fades
until black remains


a stinkhorn unfolds,
drops its gauzy skirt,
and soon is gone


a gnarled old tree -
set against a backdrop
of fanned bamboo