poem of the day October 31 

Trick or Treat

Candy to Eat

Costumes to wear

My favorites this year

Big giant squid 

Winnie Pooh bear

Yet this celestial event

halfway between

equinox and solstice 

has mostly been forgotten

in the Halloween excitement

of scary carved pumpkins

 poem of the day October 30 

Grey clouds

on a wet day

merge with

the lack of leaves

aging the trunks

of big maples

way beyond their years

 poem of the day October 29 

I watched

Jupiter and Moon

rise together

as friends

in the eastern

night sky

full of  illumination

borrowed 

from the sun

which of course

is how it's done

 poem of the day October 28  

After so many

so called 

famous psychics 

had all failed

in fortune telling 

No one was left 

to divine 

the meaning

hidden within 

the autumn leaves

that covered 

the road in

all sorts of seemingly

consequential colors

Until an old New Englander

who happened to

be passing by

Walked through 

the vivid patterns

over and over

making no sound

Until after a while

she announced to all

"Winter is coming!"

 poem of the day October 27 

Bees feeding

on flowers

Flowers still

flowering

in a fall

still frost free

A gift so 

Mother Nature 

Sun alive with

the scent of nectar 

Bees wild

on a simple day 

buzzing blooms 

beyond eternity

 poem of the day October 26 

Finding the long

in the short is

an impossible task

when trying to force

feet into inches

yet easy for dreams

that effortlessly 

expand the mind

into unlimited possibilities 

 poem of the day October 25 

There is

an absence 

A void

in humanity

A hole in

the collective heart

in world gone mad

Where the only love

seems to be the love of hate

 poem of the day October 24 

An October

flower clover

in the late

day sun

stood out

because 

it was

the only one

It was a

beautiful 

fall blooming  

happy and round

A wonderful pink

growing out of

the ground

 poem of the day October 23 

Who can eat

just one?

Not me

I took the

potato chip

challenge

and failed

I ended up

eating the 

whole bag

It reminded me

of other impossible

challenges 

addictions 

urges and itches

Where once

is too much

and a thousand 

times are not enough

 poem of the day October 22 

The rain

of humanity

is different 

than the reign

of men

Tears and power

seldom mix

within the realm

of crowds and kings

 poem of the day October 21

What happens

when something

lost is found

after one has

given up looking

and no longer 

remembers?

What if time moves

so far from genesis

that the beginning

is forgotten and severed?

What if America drifts

too far in this bubble

and dies on a lifeless vine?

 poem of the day October 20 

Waiting

is like

limbo time

where one

is tied to

a sunken buoy 

helplessly waiting

for a unpredictable  tide

that may or

may not come

on time or anytime

An unsettled 

experience 

of no control

even for the most

steeled waiters

well versed in

the art of waiting

 poem of the day October 19

Would it matter

which side

of the road

you lived on 

if you were 

a chicken

thinking about

why you were

crossing the road?

 poem of the day October 18 

The things

that are free

like a sunrise

and a sunset

are often taken

for granted

Are easy

to neglect

They are not

on many 

wish lists

of things desired

most in life

yet these windows

each dawn, each dusk

circle frame our light

 poem of the day October 17 

I like when

the dawn

seeps into

the day

covering

the night

like a blanket

covers the end

of a dream

 poem of the day October 16 

A yard of yards

A patchwork 

of feet and inches

woven together

in a exact grid

bound in all directions

by the desire of mankind 

to tame all things wild

 poem of the day October 15  

The door works

sometimes

as a gatekeeper

opening and closing

Providing a wall

that separates

the difference  

between out and in

yet if it is not airtight

thoughts mingle

without warning

within a no mans land

where things are

no longer black and white

 poem of the day October 14 

"Sometimes

the art

is the fart"

the old windbag

exclaimed as he

released a masterpiece

 poem of the day October 13

With leaves off

the bare bone 

beauty

of branches 

silhouette

the dawn

no longer hidden

by summer coats

 poem of the day October 12 

Seas of leaves

floating over

a lost summer

Preserving the joy

of green  flowers

to be remembered 

on a cold winter night

like a favorite blanket

remembering dreams

This magic moment 

happens every year

with the help of trees

who shed their leaves

 poem of the day October 11 

Ruins of hatred

dot the world

in anger

Taking over

even the sunrise

Which stays dark

too long

for most

songbirds

to want to sing

The only music

I hear is the mournful

sounds of Mourning Doves

calling for lost love ones

 poem of the day October 10 

The vein of violence

runs all the way

from the well of evil

Where loathing is fermented 

each generation

as humanity see-saws

through the rapids 

of revenge 

This eye for an eye approach 

has never solved anything

and leaves nothing

but cruel blindness

allowing little room

for anything but 

perpetual hate

poem of the day October 9

Deer stand

at the side

of the road

timid at dawn

undecided

and triggered

waiting to run

to the otherside

of the same fear

 poem of the day October 8 

The cricket

scampered around 

the living room floor

happy to be inside 

this rainy day

I had heard it earlier 

chirping to the dawn

singing its song

waking up 

like you and me

 poem of the day October 7  

Let me tell you

a flea market tale 

of the wooden rooster

missing its tail

A rooster I knew

I would be 

very lucky to sell 

cause the big bird was

missing most of his 

wooden end

but someone came by

and unbelievably bought it

for a couple of tens

After the sale

I did not think

of the rooster

without a tail

Till I saw the dealer

I bought it from

come running up

with the missing bun

to show everyone

Now I am telling  you 

about the sad tale

of the wooden rooster 

that would  always 

forever be missing a tail

 poem of the day October 6 

The steps

to nowhere

were laid out

like a long path

that seemed

to go somewhere

but never got 

to anywhere

Sill they were 

followed religiously 

by all leaping lives

that lined up

to walk in these circles

regardless of the direction

 poem of the day October 5 

Fog hangs

on maples leaves

like the whites

of yellow eggs

The fall air 

seems to

welcome

this embrace

with feelings

for an indian dawn

that linger

long into

the rising sun

 poem of the day October 4 

I wonder what

the trees are thinking

as they lose leaves

in the autumn sun

Day after day

until they are naked

in a cold wind 

with cold weather

that marches into solitude

Are they looking forward

to spending time

down in their roots

warm and happy

or are the trees

hunkering down

knowing the long

slog of winter

 poem of the day October 3 

A door

of a locked house

takes a key

to open

But a door of

a locked mind

can be slipped under

for all possibilities 

 poem of the day October 2

The air

around

last evening

wore a nice light

well into darkness

It filled my senses

with an atmosphere 

that had lots to give

 poem of the day October 1  

Time 

changes

everything

but itself

This intangible 

background of

the universe

remains the same

yet it measures 

and marks

every moment

of all things possible