red lanterns
stringing shadows
in the spook house
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end of the trail—
tupelos in shallows
wildflowers in shadows
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the receding wave
seagulls waiting
in their own shadows
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waiting
I walk in ankle-deep
leaves
and overturn stumps
puffy clouds shadow the sun
and the buzzard rises
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PL---from 28 poems submitted to M. Suddiqui for consideration in his 2013 issue of SEASON'S GREETING LETTERS.
