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Between fall and winter's first hints

 Visual haiku from October 6 to ice in birdbath 23 October 2023

morning sun drenches wooded path to wetland pond viewing deck
Wet October bright
Morning wetland colors true
Shine in the cloudbreaks

metal shopping cart abandoned in park with strong early sun spotlighting it
Too weary just now
The cart can rest in the sun
Mind preoccupied

recent cement sidewalk littered with leaves, but with imprint of one leaf embedded in the clean surface, too
Leaves fall stiffly down
The wet cement later dries
Leaving time's traces


large bust of E.Asian bodhisattva displayed behind border shrubs around brick house
Bodhisattva head
Fluid essence now made hard
Far from East Asia

fresh white bike lane markings on newly paved street
Fresh asphalt and paint
Make riding such great pleasure
Rolling through the days

half the fall leaves remain on tree-top as patches of cloud and blue morning back the canopy
Racing morning clouds
Fly over bright fall treetops
Birds watch day breaking

street lined with maples shows just one well into fall color
One tree so vivid
Announcing cold days to come
More colors ahead

wetland foreground of fallen trees feeding the mosses
Myriad pond life
Diverse microbiota
Thrive in quiet rot

close-up view of grass shoots bursting through asphalt surface
Living roots' power
Push through petroleum crust
Thirsting for sunshine

hand with russet oak leaf in bright sunlight with large metal sculpture and fall color tree blurred in background
Fall color and sculpture
Bathe in October sunshine
Winter days coming

White contrail above
Streaks over the fall colors
Apples bob below

Dappling on green leaves
Maples soon red flames to be
The nights grow colder

Glittering fall light
Makes leaves of maple so bright
Pushing winter back

Pathway statue tall
Unmoving in dancing light
As fall marches on

Fluttering red flags
Mark summer's shift to winter
So brightly today

Wall of water falls
Round and round it comes and goes
Like autumn each year

cactus leaf close-up to show spiked edges
Points red, yellow sharp
This cool autumn morning sun
Leaves greet the warm light

fleshy chrysanthemum flower flooded with water at its center
Big chrysanthemum
Looks forward to cool fall days
More beauty each year

foreground apple core with tiny ants digesting it in the warm tones of late afternoon light
This year's apples sweet
Tasted by people and ants
From dust then to dust

wet leaves on boardwalk planks in many fall colors
Carpet of color
Dresses the boardwalk brightly
Water flows below

view of damp driveway, street and sidewalk scattered with wet leaves
Each dark leaf this year
Passing summer to winter
More leaves yet to rake

Storm past but breezy
Fall sounds of passing colors
Leaves blowing downwind

Blown air fills the beast
Waiting Halloween children
Warily walking

Rain clouds blown away
Some drops blow into puddles
And fall leaves tumble




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