forsythia blooms
yellow for fall
not spring
tree
Flameless
autumn leaves
flameless fire
warms the ground
Last
thunder and wind
strip the trees
autumn’s last leaves
Thump
thump thump thump
woodpecker holes
wound the trees
Bend
a young birch
bends with the wind
— and snaps
Birch
rows of birch
rise from
the snow
Roots
long gone oak
twisted roots
thread the ground
Alive
skeleton trees
wrapped in moss
look alive
Move
shadows move trees change shape
Graffiti
bright red
graffiti
on trees
haiku tree 