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A group of Canadian Geese gather in a small inland lake in early November.

They know what we don’t,
snow is coming in two days —
just keep together.

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Splitgill fungi blooming on a log on the forest floor in early November.

In this darkest time,
splitgill blooms like plumped pinwheels,
geese roost on the lake.

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A deer climbs to shore after swimming across a river in early November.

The sun nearly set,
he swam across the river —
calmly, quietly.

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A view of a forest across a small inland lake in early November.

The sky has gone blank,
we go into that forest,
coyotes hidden.

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Looking up at the bright yellow leaves and branches of a ginkgo tree in early November.

Ginkgo goes yellow,
lime, gold, egg, amber, lemon —
holding, holding on.

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A clump of milkweed flower husks with seeds bursting from its ridge inner surface on a sunny day in early November.

Milkweed mountain range —
inside, I see us walking,
as in all summers.

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A clump of shaggy inkcaps just out of the ground in early November.

Gold-tinged heads break out
through summer earth, cold again —
meals for winter deer.

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A forest with long shadows on the ground on a sunny day in October.

Hawks pass back and forth,
their calls bounce and hide in the trees
and in the river.

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A dogwood tree changing color on a sunny day in October.

A robin was here
in the reaching dogwood arms,
leaves yellowing fast.

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A handsome black and white dog coming inside from a balcony on a sunny day in October.

Lucky for these days —
walking the block at lunchtime,
wind blows in our ears.

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Two mallards nap in a pond on a sunny day in October.

Both napping, one wakes
to keep watch in the cold pond —
she’s still half asleep.

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A black and white dog walks hurredly towards a colorful forest under a blue sky in October.

Shadows crawl the ground
at the foot of the forest,
my dog craves life scents.

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Leaves flap on small Poplar trees against a dark sky bringing rain in October.

The wind makes handclaps
out of the round Poplar leaves,
we walk to beat rain.

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A large white cloudbank over a forest in October.

The rolling cloudbank
feels like it’s at the center,
telling of a storm.

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A bumblebee feeds on a pink Cosmos flower.

Perched in the Cosmos,
low sun reflects in his wings,
the October bee.

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A great blue heron in silhouette on a pond fishing near sunset.

On the pond today,
a great blue heron fishes,
legs blurred underneath.

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A view of a forest changing color in October.

We leave ourselves back
and take ourselves forward, too —
leaf, bud, souls intact.