October

 
Autumn poem

Black walnut trees
Stained by October moon
Shed their yellowed garb
Will face what comes
With strength and grace
As deep inside they crochet
Next year’s lace
                            --Elizabeth Hykes


cold tea surrenders,
invites the October moon
to slip into the cup
                              --Jeff Burt


October moon
like the eye of a deer
caught between baying dogs
at dusk
                            --Patricia Furstenberg


orange moon
monarchs come to rest
on the old pine
                            --Randy Brooks


chipmunks
the barn owl blackens
the Autumn Moon
                            --Joshua St. Claire


autumn moon gazing
through storm-tattered alder leaf;
shadowed lace and light
                            --Kersten Christianson


October moonrise
the sky’s abiding ceiling
glows with fire
                            --Katherine Simmons


a star wanes and fades
as the autumn moon rises
a new light by which to steer the ship
                             --Ceri Marriott


sunbeams glance first frost 
moon — dance waterfalls — tree, ferns
infinite fractals
                            --Gerard Sarnat


leaves rustle and fall
a distant symphony soothes
cool air rings with bird calls
                            --Christi Kochifos Caceres


Moon of falling leaves
                                      Greets guests honorably 
 
Night unashamed
                              Lightly impresses 
 
Rhythmic crickets filigree
                                            Stars gossamer wickets
 
Trance
             Of receptive opposites
 
Darkness 
               conjures light
 
Trance
             Of receptive opposites 
 
The Great Horned Owl
                                       “WHOooOOOooo be you”
 
Dew soaked grass 
                              Precious eloquence
                                            --Stephen Rozwenc   


cicadas buzz like chainsaws under
a luminous harvest moon
sound gently weaves the silk nights
i imagine that you also
hear the singing of this moon
                            --Ginny Short

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