leaves
skitter along the road
children creep to school

another hour
to my Sunday
summertime is over

dreamlike falling
yellow/red leaves
autumn sun reflect

sycamore leaves
cover the front lawn
starlings bicker

slow ripples
on the still pond - like
stained glass

trees
emerge from the mist
a crow's call

the fence steams
under the morning sun
bluetits gather

red maples
a new nursery
is waiting

fall rain-
brone, gold and red leaves
skitter down the street

a single bluetit
seeks insects on the buddleia
before the rain

Chinese gooseberries
hang like tiny paper lanterns
backlit clouds

autumn leaves turn orange
clinging desperately to trees
sighing in the wind

crows  -
autumn's door closing
on rusty hinges

rain-speckled windows
a thrush picks snails
from the garden wall

the Red Deer's
guttural roar - as if the
woods were on fire


Photo Red Deer Bull by Ben Bawden

http://www.flickr.com/photos/benbawden/5255947404/

in the gathering grey
of an October afternoon
pigeons squabbling

yellow fingers
clinging to the cherry tree
a lonely sparrow

puddles
from the night's rain
broken willow

Tanka..melodrama

sheer melodrama--
yesterday's shoots prepare
for autumn's departure
I prefer to feign ignorance,
opting to think of her
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..channeled; spirit Harmony;
reaching into the poet's heart
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new flowers
on the lavender bush
soft rain

one or two naps
miscounted--and all the leaves
have fallen
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still night
near full moon
crackles in the runoff

autumn weeps
puddles of scarlet leaves -
the cut that never quite heals

clearing skies-
a crow on top of the pine
caws and flaps

maroon acer leaf
floats in a rain puddle
household paw prints

the last of the apples
lies rotting on the lawn
late pigeon chicks

leaves fall
on your outstretched hands...
giving to the end
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golden leaves
scattered like withered hearts
darkling world

squirrel
emptying the bird-table
planting a peanut farm

a night of rain
the clatter of dustbins
on the street

stiff breeze
through the open window
the tang of petrol

ring, ye bells!
flood the streets, your chimes
leaf upon fallen leaf
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..(C) 2011 Spiros Zafiris
..mostly channeled; spirit Ram
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yellow birch leaves
caught on lavender spikes
old poppy rattles

Camber Sands

the slurred landscape shifts -
I'm walking into grey


Photo by Alex Bienfait

I avoid
looking at the leaves
they tumble, tumble
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..(C) 2011 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Ram
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sunlight
speckled with frost diamonds
and mist

lights along the quay
the dogs in town are barking
at the staring moon

Becici, Montenegro

red viburnum leaves
look like springtime tulips
cold rain

wind and waves

silence

around her

spirit offering

wind stirs

the ancient pine

California creeper
scarlet as the season's bale fires
nasturtium flowers

sunlight
reflected from yellow leaves
dappled cat

A Barren Heath

on a barren heath
winters drab colors hold sway
spring a dream to come

Auras In Blue

wispy sky's afloat
shimmering auras in blue
summers last perfume

speckles of rust
appear on the apples
the crows don't mind

by hostess
flaunts her beauty
autumn

late autumn
in wrinkled tattoos
handful of petals

in twilight
on a web desire
the first star

cold wind
wipes the pavement dry
bracket fungus

indian summer -
a dried twig
in her hair

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été indien -
une brindille sèche
dans ses cheveux

cherry leaves
black against the dawn
sparrow song

autumn leaves
on the pavement
curled and scratching

the shout of a heron
somewhere in the mist -
circles on the water

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le cri d'un héron
quelque part dans la brume -
des ronds sur l'eau

shaggy ink caps
fruit in the safety of brambles
arums topple

winds talk, leaves answer
a losing battle for leaves
autumn weather

crows squabble
in the sycamores
fallen fruit

chestnuts
in the cemetery
magpie strutting

trees bend
in an unforgiving wind
dry leaves clatter

little brown sparrows
in the sycamore trees
orange Sainsbury's bags

evening commute
gold and bronze leaves
shimmer in the sunset

smoke slips up the chimney
summer's spent blossoms
tap at the window

spinning leaves-
a Mommy and Me dance
recital in the park

beach flags
clatter in the wind
gulls and crows

steely clouds
a crow ventures forth
sycamore safety

golden sun
drips from willow leaves
morning rain