Shift

Autumn, hummingbirds
Depart for sunnier climes–
Make way for juncos

skat@2019

To Every Season

For Bill B:

Come summer, I long
For winter; in winter I
long once more for spring.
Come Autumn, I’m contented
But for everything dying.

Skat@2017

Falling

The last purple leaf
clings to the chokecherry tree–
forestalling my grief.

skat@2016