Tag: Autumn

Not comparable


I see orange 

pumpkins, crimson 

beets and wine

chrysanthemums, feel 

crisp autumn air,

but not 

in the hospital room, 

an oxygen machine

drones, an alert button 

droops helpless, near a

fig newton

beside 

the small plastic cup—

waiting for winter is 

not comparable

to witnessing a tender soul,

his long life fading away.

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©2017 Ontheland

Late summer


Late summer hoppers

   time to harvest, clear and mulch

        fields buzz excitement

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Summer evening

   my rushing blood is soundless

         in the steady hum

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Last day of August 

    bird arrow crosses the sky

          autumn chill is here

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