September 30: Leaving

Flowers tossed in boat's wake.
I watch the dock
until it's too small to see.

September 29: Bluster

What the wind offers:

Butterfly. No. Yellow leaf.

And then takes away.

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September 28: NE winds up to 25 MPH

atop Lighthouse Hill

windblown thoughts scatter

flickers across the meadow

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September 27: Disturbed soil

Island cemetery--

gentians bloom on paths worn

between the headstones.

 

 

 

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September 26: Harvest of memories

Middle of the road

split-open husk, horse chestnut

for childhood's pockets.

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September 25: Sleeping on an island

Under the Milky Way

I walk slowly home

happy and unafraid.

 

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September 24: Island sunrise

Spruce tops become torches

lit by rising sun,

nuthatches the alarm.

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September 23: Monhegan ferry

Waving goodbye to him,

ocean a rumpled blanket

on our marriage bed.

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September 22: Burnt Head

Above sea swirl

gulls pause head under wing

oblivious to chaos.

 

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September 21: Blue

Shallow pond: Blue Jay bathing

near a branch full of

small blue damselflies.

 

 

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September 20: Bouquet

After the rain, fog.

Late blooming island roses

perfume the morning.

 

 

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