september

a brief visit to the ocean
where i spied 
a ship and a known landscape in the distance
 these tapestries turn up 
now and then
 once in a blue...er...
goose? moon?
it has begun...even though
i felt summer turn her head 
towards fall a while ago
it is here, the feeling of changes
not a rush, yet,
but the birds have been toning 
up their muscles in preparation
the days are shorter, 
lingering, arguing with darkness on either end
wait wait
but winter is traveling 
inevitably.
 i got a "free" photo book
from shutterfly
and orbitz
 a photo chronicle 
of my trip to australia
for the nature's colours in the city
symposium
the biggest error was the cover text color
sigh.
and in johnson, vermont
on my way to bar harbor,
i found ebenezer books.
a REAL bookstore
the kind with wonderful books
and i bought this new jane yolen poetry collection.
time to get some chores done, 
make some "stuff"
and enjoy the sunshine and breeze.

turning

the land has turned her face towards autumn
this week,
i shut windows at night
to keep in the warm
wake to a chilly scarf
draped over my face
my open bedroom window
 reaching into the recent past
letting in the cool
so happy as summer winds down. 
 light and shade
layers 
on the hill meadow
where sheep and the mare called flame
used to pasture.
and smiling susans
today i have much to do
or nothing
as it pleases me.
i love rare days like this.