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8 days hospital-free. Starry Day Who knew the late-blooming clematis, gift from a "friend," would grow so fast? Rivaling kudzu in its voracious consumption of land, it blankets yard and garden with abandon. The mock orange bush: where is it? The wheelchair ramp, green fingers unfurl between every pair of boards; the nlackberry est morte, the foermer shrub, kaput, but come September: such lovely pentaradial stars blaze from every side

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leaf man
rises under the trees
his toadstool eyes

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woodsmoke
on the fall air
marshmallow memories

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the dog wants to keep
going in this cool weather
fall in her step

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the drear of this day
fills puddles slowly
wet green lawns

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A weak autumn sun
struggles through the clouds
house finches raid the birdfeeder
and the season's last blooms
aim for immortality

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cold rain
plasters leaves to glass
winter comes knocking

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A rustling in the leaves is the only warning. When chipmunks fly, can the pigs be far behind?

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November heatwave
Climate change ain't so bad
flowers' encore
insects put off estivation

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time to pack for two trips: 1 a cold workshop outdoors, one to a wedding.

didn't bring in
the tropical plants
I'm sure they're fine

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first cold morning
and I hate it
some think it cool

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autumn sun
warms paint and lukes drinks
looks totally hot

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morning's cool
breeze is gone, heated up
stay in the shade

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Sorry; been busy today. Also still firing w only abt half my cylinders. It's cool, though: abt 65F when I got up. 80s & sunny now. Just about perfect, & supposed to last all week.

fall is our season
spring too, with different flowers
and shorter vines

By the way, I know that some of the short poems I post here aren't technically haiku. But that's the most familiar name. The Haiku Society of America (http://www.hsa-haiku.org/) can tell you more, if you're interested.

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the sun lies
and claims the garden's warm
window glass says no

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leaves race the wind
as a 4-year-old does
to win!

My poem today at haikuniverse

http://www.haikuniverse.com/page/2/

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fog washes everything out
dimming yard, neighbors' house
red leaves on a post
too close for obscurity
glow like Christmas
already drenching stores

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 pecans bounce
and roll off the concrete
autumn breeze

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early sun glows
on bare brown stalks
ovaries swell