* late autumn places a universe in my hands a cup of hot tea * last night’s brown-crisped leaves scudding down the cul-de-sac autumn’s dry rain stick * the right to silence after hectic winds disrupt the first daffodils * through a telescope the ragged...

      spring notes   first thaw dwarf rhododendrons colour the slope    * spring offering the path to the shrine covered in primulas    * the sky’s scarlet rim as if someone ordered it lights up the pines    * gun metal sky the...

      * fledglings leaving a robin’s nest broken * his car peals out of the driveway shattered ice * a frenzy of finches at the feeder: disquiet, here * prayers on her pearl rosary a frayed noose * a lone hummingbird at the feeder suddenly spring  ...

    North Mayo Haiku     Our latest clearing – Nephin keeping its distance travels with us still.   Wild roses, raindrops; the stone quarry stands open to blossom and fall.   A ditched toilet bowl, a streamlet flowing through it high on...

  * the winter sun warms her bedclothes – open window * rustling leaves in the bare forest ... unwanted girl * snowflakes... ducklings quack about the lake * a crow's feather turned over by the wind night glow * twilight settles on the frozen river her departing...

* critters scurry preparing for winter a nut cracks my skull * shadows deepen as autumn nears time to close the door * a rainy day falls from the sky barefooting it       Ann Christine Tabaka lives in Delaware.  She is a published poet and artist....