Sept embers

bent flower
picking woman, misses heron
launching

relocated trunk
hemlocks waiting for gust
nothing lasts

creek shore
mussels dig deep, gripping rock
bank

timid dog
wades in choppy waters
backs out

possible brawl
two dogs face off, barren road
crawdad between

inland lobster
lifts up claws over meaty abs
backs in mud

girl's blue shirt
snatched by pincher, crustacean
plops, gone

sick hemlock
barely clothed, but boughs held warm
by light

white flitting
butterfly, rests on salty rock
gentle wind

one grain
blending in fresh spring shore
sand mosaic

no animal
seen or heard, yet woods forever
moving

wind
vital as the seeds scattered without
pulse

eroded bank
signs of gully washer
sprouts rising

careful
owl rarely seen, startled butterfly
motionless

girl rests
lying back against roots, fallen tree
poison ivy unnoticed

haiku leaflets
fives and sevens up vine
short long short

nettle
under-story, red solomon berries
both sting

woodpecker
taking off, laughing in high
hysteria

creek
pebble painting, finger scratching
outer layer

giant fowl
lifting above, canopy untouched
heron ascends

purple flower,
wanted here but named
weed iron

dulling colors
but goldenrod lighting up
creek path

blue asters
chicory petals falling
azure lupine

unlikely pink
flowers often weeded
finish her bouquet

days after
dog chases doe, sights
taken with you

crisp leaves
twirling, floating, catching sun spots
coming down

seed season
white puffy pollen
gray haired lady

thinking log
dog lapping flesh flow,
turtle shell sailboat