Winter

slow falling snow
lightly dusts an empty field
with winter

Clear Lake -- miso soup

clear lake enclosed
entirely within
a bowl of miso

curled, dry leaves

crunch of curled, dry leaves
on a walkway that morning
after the time change

Mole Day (Oct. 23)

his number measures
mass of everything
avocados, too

Many a middle school teacher has heard reference to an "Avocado's number."

shooting stars leave trails
to destinations unknown
Godspeed, travelers

Mud dauber wasps

little gray condos
under a window sill
wasps' pied-à-terre

Silver dollar moon

Silver dollar moon
over a clear, still lake
fall evening