-This poem reflects on the orchard ladder at the close of harvest, where the work of gathering fruit gives way to fading light, fallen apples, and one remaining apple beyond…
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-This poem reflects on crows feeding in a harvested cornfield, where their sudden flight, rough calls, and weight upon a fence wire animate the exposed land after the harvest has…
The Bright Descent
–-This poem reflects on autumn rain deepening the color of maple and sumac leaves even as it loosens them from the branches,…
The First Turning
–-This poem reflects on the first unmistakably cool night of early autumn, when pauses in the crickets’ song, the scent of fallen…
The First Turning
–-This poem reflects on the return of a wool blanket as autumn nights grow colder, where cedar scent, rain at the window,…
-This poem reflects on maples changing along a familiar country road, where passing traffic, glimpses of harvested fields, and leaves settling on the pavement reveal autumn spreading gradually…
-This poem reflects on the first autumn evenings when lamps are needed before supper, as the garden loses its light and the warmth of the kitchen becomes more…
-This poem reflects on preparing apples for preserving in early autumn, where the circling knife, rising steam, and cooling jars bring the work of harvest into the warmth…
Opinion Poem
–-A reflective meditation on legacy and consequence, the poem explores how what we nurture or neglect today becomes the warmth or damage…
Opinion Poem
–-A quiet meditation on shared presence, the poem reflects on how people can gather without agreement and still create connection through proximity,…
Opinion Poem
–-A contemplative meditation on unseen preparation, the poem reflects on how quiet, forward-looking work sustains future stability without recognition or applause. The…
-A quiet meditation on shared necessity, the poem reflects on how essential resources bind us together in mutual dependence, beyond division or debate. The well sitsat the edge…
-A reflective meditation on change and perspective, the poem explores how maps and boundaries are continually redrawn as our understanding of the world evolves. The first mapwas simple.…
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