Poems for late October

curbside black
garbage sack: three
invisible crows
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beach sunset--
hungry sandpipers
in gold-dust sand
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plants in for winter
the Christmas cactus budding
in late October
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bright jack o' lantern
guiding goblins' paths ... alas,
rainy Halloween
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among the pumpkins
the fallen toddler
crying for Mama
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an owl's whoawh
breaking the morning silence
over the deer stand
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c lovepat press, 2013

More September shorties

the McCourt brothers
leaving Angela's ashes
in the pub
~~~

flashing my lights
at the hungry crow
its early breakfast
~~~

lazy Saturday
during an all-day soaker
the boys building dams
~~~

leaving plenty
of the windfall pears
to gleaner bees
~~~

at the last second
working cop with a solo
throws on his choir robe
~~~

the day-long rain
highway's new surface overlaid
with pine needles
~~~

butterfly
over the bed
of petunias
~~~

footprints
in the dewy grass
child's Sunday shoes
~~~

first cool snap~
the owl calling
just before dawn
~~~

cicada at noon
on the mountain trail
the end of summer
~~~

newly mown grass
a branch of the spirea
moving
~~~

entering
the Race For The Cure
because of the cause
~~~

c 2011 by Pat Laster dba lovepat press