pine scent

of a pine
discarded needles

mountaintop hemlocks

the last katydid’s
creaky love song

under this lush life

more mountain

cable footbridge

the autumn river’s
unhurried flow

Ogle Township

letting my shadow
lead the way

first fire

all the light that won’t
shine again

old birch

the wild gestures of one
living alone

all in black I pass

a walker all in white
autumn mountain

saying hello

to a moss-covered log
heron wingbeats

slow fall

the standing dead
turn blue

death in autumn

that inevitable cliché // the deplorable rightness of nature

safety orange

among blood-colored leaves—hunting season