Autumn Moon [Haiku]

Autumn moon first glimpse 
is impossibly huge;
the next, it shrank!

Late Autumn [Haiku]

late Autumn: 
the last few leaves
refuse to fall.

Temple Mural [Tanka]

a temple mural
shows monk and novice
admiring Fall leaves,
as I admire the mural -
surrounded by Spring green.

Autumn Moon [Haiku]

a single branch,
leafless but bloom-laden,
against the Autumn moon.

After Autumn Rain [Haiku]

pavement glistens;
yellow leaves sodden:
nothing moves... but drips.

“Now Close the Windows” by Robert Frost [w/ Audio]

Now close the windows and hush all the fields;
If the trees must, let them silently toss;
No bird is singing now, and if there is,
Be it my loss.

It will be long ere the marshes resume,
It will be long ere the earliest bird:
So close the windows and not hear the wind,
But see all wind-stirred.

Sound & Silence [Haiku]

crisp leaves rattle in a gust, 
but a chipmunk climbs in silence.

Golden Grass [Haiku]

Autumn sunlight
strikes dry pampas grass
and it flares gold.

Autumn Blue [Haiku]

deep autumn blue;
a harvested field,
alive with crickets.

Slim Pickings [Haiku]

buffalo grazes
on stalk stubble
after harvest.