I seldom share my actual writing in these blogs. Mostly, that’s because if I do, I can’t enter the writing into contests or submit them other places for publication because if I make them available via Facebook or via blogs/personal websites, regardless of how many/few people read them, most places consider that being “published.”

This month, however, I just feel like sharing a couple of little things, so I’m going for it. A haiku that I’ve not published anywhere before, and a longer poem that was featured in Black Moon Magazine, in their inaugural issue in February 2021. I hope that you enjoy them! Happy Fall!

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Majestic Maple

Majestic maple

Slight winds rustle, leaves let go

Float like fiery flame.

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Golden Time

 

October nights

Dip below

Freezing.

That magical

Sweet refrain

Of Fall…

Cardinal song

Engages,

Awakes

Before morning

Comes again

To day:

Steel slate grayness

Where sunshine

Will be.

And in that flash,

Ev’rything

Dawns bright.

In an instant,

Leaves catch flame;

Light shafts

Ignite trees, ground;

The sun’s warmth

Bathes all

In new morning.

Golden time.

Sun-fire.