The following are by Madeleine Findlay
either way
the uneven days of Fall
are finely tuned
easy
in the autumn breeze
wildflowers
in a red beret
an old woman makes change --
u-pick apples
autumn woods --
the yellow shafted flicker
takes the light
left to stand
the winter long --
roof ladder
the following are by Tom D'Evelyn
the familiar smell
of my father’s mums—
fog on the river
crystalline
cold, earsplitting
crow
happiness-
the autumn river
is like a pond
autumn morning—
in different spots
that cormorant
night fog—
behind the cigarette
there must be a face
Labor Day—
all tied up, the tugs
rub each other
slow day—
over there, across the river,
patches of fog
the handrailing
down to the summer deck
slick with dew
