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Autumn Leaves

I’m walking the Mesabi Trail;

up here, the hardwoods prevail.

Some maples are only now turning,

Though most of them look like they’re burning!

–Photos by me

How Everything Got Here

Once upon a time, there was nothing.

I mean, there was nothing but nothing.

In fact, there was so much nothing,

That that fact became something,

And once there was something,

It quickly exploded into everything.

–Photo by me

change of clouds

all summer, the clouds had their fun,

but now there is much to be done;

in autumn, they race

at a feverish pace

past the featureless face of the sun.

–photo by aaron

walk with me

come on now and walk with me

i’ll show to you the orangest tree

and forest friends, so wild and free–

these are things you gotta see!

–photos by me

pretty in pink (shadorma)

unhappy

that the autumn brings

no colors

to the pines,

mother nature sometimes strings

them up in pink vines

–photo by me

recast

some think they’re blessed

while you are cursed–

that they’re the best

while you’re the worst,

but blessed and cursed

will be recast

when last is first

and first is last.

the hanging garden

when mining ended in the pit,

a path was made encircling it,

and near the path, a fence was strung,

and soon all kinds of plant life hung…

…upon the wire, all around–

now, even wild hops are found;

there are berries, plums, and apples, too–

all hanging there for me and you!

–photos by me

Little Birdie Tells All

O little yellow bird,

The things you must’ve heard

While flitting ’round

Our little town–

And how you spread the word!

–Photo by me

family business

the bee is my brother

we’re one family

the wind is my sister

she calls out to me

the earth is my mother

i sprang from her womb

the sky is my father

he makes mother bloom

–photo by aaron

good things a-comin’

i’m droppin’ by here just to say

i hope that you have a nice day;

my tail’s a-swishin’

and my whiskers are twitchin’,

so something good’s comin’ your way.

–photo by son aaron