these rainy nights we contend and pray
the ceiling holds; keep faith in the bones
of this old house, a warm cup of tea,
fighting a cough and a chill -- October
sweeps in riding on a blanket
of multicolor leaves caught
in the process
of falling
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Days 2025: Spring Equinox
we must trust in the knowing of daffodils
and in the songs of returning birds perched
in trees along the wharf, singing regardless
of the grumblings of tired old men, regardless
of urban noise and the rumbling interstate traffic
we must trust in the slightest hint of non-arctic air
underneath the chill, the half-scent of spring in the rain
the need to remind ourselves
the sump pit needs draining and the dogs
tracking in mud from the back fence
where they go to bark at the neighbor’s adult son
hiding and playing with axes, imagining
that the end of the world
will be his time to shine like an equinox sun.
Autumn Notes 5-6
5.
there are baptisms and there are baptisms
and there is this
find your faith in the cross currents
what it takes
it takes
6.
this is not what is