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A handsome black and white dog walks towards a forest on a bright October day.

My mind goes to you,
in every quiet moment —
walking, just ahead.

Eleven months without you.

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A young deer feeding in the early morning light in a heavily treed graveyard in October.

Sunrise up through fog,
deer feeding at the graveyard,
tall trees frame his house.

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A view of a creek and grasslands in October with dramatic clouds.

Kingfisher rattling
back and forth along the creek,
minnows, scattering.

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A deer walks through grasslands covered in frost with the sun rising behind it.

In another life
I’m a deer leading a deer
through the morning frost.

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A tree at the edge of a creek on a bright October day.

Tree at water’s edge
leaves falling sound like footsteps
walking in the creek.

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Foxtail grasses lit by the sun on a bright October day.

The slightest grasses
quiver with October light,
birds hide underneath.

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An upward view of tall trees changing color on a sunny day in October.

The long memory
of the trees in the graveyard —
they understand change.

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A path cuts between a creek and grasslands in October just after sunset.

What comes of all this?
Complications, arguments:
only the moment.

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A creek curves around a grassland under a dramatic sky with puffy clouds and blue sky in October.

October is deep,
minnows in the sunny spots
of the cold creek bed.

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I harvest some seeds
from the town morning glories,
deeper than nighttime.

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A century maple in October just starting to change color.

Maple turning gold
at the edge of the graveyard,
here, I’m here, I’m here.

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A young deer swimming across a small creek to his waiting family.

He crosses the creek,
his sibling runs to sniff him,
his parent stomps hooves.

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A view of grasslands and a creek with sun setting in the distance and clouds reflecting in the water.

The surprise of life —
to be here, walking with you,
as clouds fill the creek.

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A view of grasslands with wildflowers and a treeline just beginning to change color on a fall morning.

October days that
also feel like early spring,
birdsong is the same.

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A buck with large antlers looks startled at the edge of a creek on a foggy fall morning.

In the morning fog
we surprised each other, he
with heavy antlers.

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A tree stands on the bank of a creek at sunrise with fog lying low.

Sunrise coming on,
fog turns the creek violet,
like a fresh heartbreak.

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A banded woolly bear caterpillar on a wooden boardwalk half lit by sun in October.

Warm October sun,
he’ll stay a caterpillar
for the long winter.

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A broken V of Canadian Geese fly over a treeline in blue sky just after sunrise.

Cold October air,
over the treeline, honking,
in a broken V.

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A view of grasslands with dramatic skies at sunrise.

Wild things who live here —
soft-bodied and stemmed, complete
in air and water.

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A view of a small group of people on a church lawn having their animals blessed.

The things that we do
— blessing of the animals —
to show communion.

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