end of long week
getting rid of clutter
and bad energy

topography of dreams
thick and heavy
I carry through the day
like stones in a pocket --

.
summer visit
an old friend discusses
his speed dating
.

dead-heading roses
a yellow blossom
for my hair

a background
of blues -
clouds improvising

summer fades to fall
pulling up the blanket
to ward off night's chill

summer's end
a racehorse runs behind its shadow

arum maculatum
in his orange breeches
red dogwood stems

Leaves in the pool
drifting colours
time to pull the plug

pulling up the sheet-
didn't know you had gone til
my calves lost their heat

summer left
without saying goodbye-
waking up
in the cool morning,
my arms holding a pillow

end comes
sweet summer time
autumn draws twilight

goldenrod flutters
its lacy fingers waving
goodbye to summer

a rough sea
breaks on the beach,
a thousand
knots unravelling
in my weary head

between grey depths
of sea and sky
a white sail rides the wind

all night listening
under a canvas skin
to the tail of a hurricane

snail trails
over the bird table -
a fat thrush watches

high grass -
an ant in the jungle
of my leg hairs


***

herbes hautes -
une fourmi dans la jungle
des poils de ma jambe

.

nearing my birthday
I meet my uncle 'brother'
for just the first time

.

autumn
blowing in -
dandelion clock's last day

Nagasaki
the vapors of people
glaze on the dome