Thursday, September 5, 2013

9.5.13 With Morning Came That Sense of Fall


With morning came that sense of Fall
The hint of a shift;  clear, brisk on skin
A small song about summer passing by

Here , the mosquitoes  thankfully come to an end
Small clouds of other innocent someones
Cluster in the yard, ruffling in the midday air

The Hawks begin their gathering time
Calling out, all day, greeting and preparing

And just this evening  far down in the darkened back field
Comes the  yip yipping of  coyotes;
they wander in closer,  ancient instinctual preparation
Young ones, older ones, nearing the season
Of cold and hunger and the test of abilities

On the telephone wire  a crow feeds their young
One surviving;  fluttering  small effervescent feathers
With their request; and as I watch

I wonder how it is humans think that
Only we have challenge



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