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Still

Photo by Gary Fultz on Unsplash

just a few crickets

the call of a nearby owl

still, early morning


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Fall Haiku


With the quaking leaves

I feel the northerly breeze

Fall’s game is afoot.


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dragonfly

dragonfly. all eyes.

may I hold you in my hand?

but you dodge the fall


One possible interpretation:

The all-seeing dragonfly must sense that cooler weather—and his impending demise—are near. Yet he is still agile enough to keep me from catching him in my hand. He continues to dodge the fall—avoid the inevitable.


This post first appeared here on June 30, 2020.

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Autumn Faith

the promise of fall

covered in blankets of dust

remembering rain


To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.

Hebrews 11:1 (GNT)
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Reflections

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warming at the fire

encircled by the darkness

faces in the flames


For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

1 Corinthians 13:12 (NIV)
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Autumn’s Landing

Photo by Betty Chambers from Chambers on the Road

On the tree-lined street

blazing, brilliant golds and reds

like leaf landing lights


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The Patient Hawk

Photo by Gary Fultz on Unsplash

rising harvest moon

silhouettes the hungry hawk

tomorrow, the hunt


But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently

Romans 8:25 (NIV)
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A Young Tree’s First Fall

Photo by Gary Fultz on Unsplash

Young tree with four leaves

Had you heard about the fall?

So little. So much!


A working man may or may not have enough to eat, but at least he can get a good night’s sleep. A rich man, however, has so much that he stays awake worrying.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 (GNT)
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Fall Portrait

Photo by Gary Fultz on Unsplash

when the air turns crisp

with slippery leaves underfoot

the ground a canvas