post-election
the sunken faces
of old jack-o'-lanterns

skeleton closet
inviting them down
for dinner

elderly beachcomber
so much to sy to someone
we can't see

short winter days
the too-tight jacket
of the 9th month

more dead
than alive
address book

harvest moon gathering for a spell

autumn coat pocket—
my late mother returns
my lost sunglasses

wild clover
a small brown rabbit
stretches out

she's sober again
the quiet
between wind gusts

taking our daily constitutional crisis

empty kayak
that conversation
about next time

trail map
notes from my father
no longer legible

making love
the purity
of a day moon

deep winter
the houseplants and I
root-bound

river dusk
beyond the horizon
my closing prayer

relocation
of a flower pot
roly-polies unroll

the stiffness
of a new suit
dad's funeral