Derelict buildings

by a placid lake

Waiting

 

 

A boulder hangs

at the top of a chasm

Gravity rules

 

Bedrock

breaks the waves
then yields

 

The wind is soft,

the waves are smooth . . .
Sculptors of bedrock
 

Mossy stairs
through bedrock walls . . .
Passageway

 

Wild waves

try to climb the shore

but can't

Trees cling

to bald bedrock

Somehow

Grass grows
on ancient wheel tracks
to paradise
 

The lake beyond
yellow-dyed tree tops . . .

Everlasting

Brown leaves

in a forest graveyard

Remember

Moonrise

through foggy sleet

is cold comfort

 

Cascade . . .
The roar of water falling
and spirits rising

 

Mute rejuvenators

Bridges betwixt man and God

City trees

 

 

Blemishes

from uninvited guests
Earth ignores them

 

 

Poppy blooms
balanced on threads . . .
Plucky spirits
  

 

Red berries

in a yellow forest

Artist's jungle

Gray sky drips

on crimson leaves . . .

Shades of blue

 

 

Adults cry

Children laugh

Snow

大人泣く
子ども喜ぶ
雪降る

Rocky terrace

Carved by water and ice

Whose stairs?

 

Giant kites

hang over tiny humans

chained to earth

 

Messenger

bearing unwanted gifts -

October cloud

 



Green yellow red

What will the artist choose next?

Probably white

 

 

Celestial child,

a tree in sun's clothing ...

the last hurrah

 

 

 

Here is an alternate musing on the photo:

 

Maples dressed

for a fall beauty pageant . . .
Winter will judge 

Fearless plunge
Watery fingers pluck
a rocky harp




Magpie River's High Falls, Wawa, ON

Solitary leaf

Patient as gray turns white . . .

then green

 

 

 

The sun, your herald

The breeze, your troubadour

Garden phlox

 

 

Fjord fortress

Shelter from wind and storm . . .

but the foe is us

 

 

Earth is close

World is far, far away

Sacred resting place

 

 

Wilting hosta

 waits for the snow . . .
Life runs deep

 

 

The sun is too hot

and the shade is too cool

Autumn quandary