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halloween takeout
a ghostly spined T-shirt boy
gets his mom to order
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roadside pumpkins
in the grey morning light
a ferris wheel creaks



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devil's night
the fridge takes the hindmost
into my vigil

Devil's Night

hindmost link
.

on this eve
of All Souls --
some more restless than others



[happy halloween . . .]

autumns sky's shine bright
jewels of heaven lead the way
Cassiopeia,queen rules mirrored in light

autumn evening
enjoying that my front yard
is not a leaf vortex

coal tits chatter
in morse-code staccato
squirrels gather beech nuts

Colour coated tree
on a cultivated field
autumn journey

autumn rain
water heading back
to the lake

last rise reached
vista opens wide --

my breathing staggers like a fool

Autumn Leaves

beneath the oaks
I walk a bed of dead leaves -
crushed fired glass

Photo autumn leaves ground by pkirrage

.
night-tide
the startled rook calls out
a similar prayer to mine


The 1000 Verse Renga Project

solitary crow
perched on the bird table
cat won't walk past

at last!
sleep -
leaves off the sycamore tree

slow afternoon jaunt
enjoying the brisk air

A forest trail
dry leaves whisper
stillness

shrouded in mist
the cemetery ìs silent
three magpies saunter

silver light October moon stitches the sky

morning toilette-
shocked at how things have sagged
in the last year

equinox:
wind beats a drum
sunflowers lie drunkenly