a gentle wind
nudges the tattered leaf
her father's death

freeway drizzle
he helps his only daughter
move out

The Herons's Nest
Vol. XII, No. 3, September 2010

red-suited arum
lurking beneath the shrubbery
next door's mangy cat

an old pond
thistles release their down
by the grey water

september sun

september sun
chasing the clouds
before breakfast

gerald england

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time quickly
drifts away
early morn

grey clouds
like hand-me-down jumpers
sullen sparrows

conference pears
fall unripened to the ground
little red apples

chill in the air
fall creeping over the world

sparrows
feast from the bird table
blue tits wait

moonlit night
how can i find you
in galactic map?

terang bulan
di peta galaksi
kaukah itu?

It is autumn,
Even from rain drops
Cold blows

Only early in the morning
Can see as in dew drops
The sun plays

In rustle of leaves
it is not possible to hear
That them disturbs

Autumn

kitty lies down
where our feet
fall

warmth of reiki hands

autumn sun crosses

the long eagle feather

popping plastic
a car veers to the gutter
drifts of tired leaves

cold bright autumn day -
the last leaves float to the ground
like lost promises

old stones, weathered smooth
a deep bed of pine needles
guarded by angels

leaves shiver, cling
against the thinly-veiled moon
you are gone

raking new leaves
over the same ground -
therapy session