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The First Turning
–-This poem reflects on the blue hour arriving earlier in autumn, when fading garden colors, lighted windows, and reflections in the glass…
The First Turning
–-This poem reflects on blue jays gathering acorns in early autumn, when their sharp calls and flashes of cobalt animate the oak…
The First Turning
–-This poem reflects on grapes gathered in the cool hours of an early autumn morning, when dew, ripened fruit, and thinning leaves…
The First Turning
–-This poem reflects on sunflowers bowing beneath the weight of their seeds in early autumn, when flowers that followed the summer sun…
The First Turning
–-This poem reflects on a garden stone retaining the day’s warmth as autumn evening gathers, offering one final resting place for a…
The First Turning
–-This poem reflects on autumn rain passing over a woodpile prepared during summer, darkening the grain and gathering around the stored fuel…
The First Turning
–-This poem reflects on the first walnuts falling in early autumn, when their sudden knocks, bruised green husks, and the work of…
The First Turning
–-This poem reflects on milkweed pods opening in early autumn, when seeds formed through summer are released into the wind while a…
The First Turning
–-This poem reflects on barn swallows gathering before migration, pausing together above the pasture after a summer in flight as the first…
The First Turning
–-This poem reflects on pears ripening indoors as early autumn cools the garden, where fruit gathered from the tree continues to gather…
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