Fall Daybreak at Camp

A scarlet blur
blazing, soaring red
within greens

startling surprise
upon awakening
for unglassed eyes

season's shift
unleashed
peremptorily.

Autumnal Mecca

Faithful pilgrim
to fall foliage show

spiritual welcome
into dazzling vistas

eager worshiper
with eyes, not on knees

color-drenched scenes
glowing all around

radiant forests
with stained-glass panes

sarcophagic hills
molded by glaciers
adorned in repose
with autumn's palette

lilies gilded 
at every turn

yellow aspens
in rapturous flutter

red maples
flaring their gifts

orange others vying
for sunlit glory

what mythic splendor
in these wondrous leaves! 

Meditative Moment

Watching leaves fall singly
yellow only
poplar now

gently settling the spirit
descending
ascending now.

My Trinity

Stars, rocks, leaves
my Trinity

sacred connections
with our universe

cyclic processes
rendering eternity. 

Another Trinity

Beauty, Love, Knowledge
another Trinity

manifest Beauty
natural and artistic

Love in every mode
wavering and unwavering

awe-filled Knowledge
deep and encompassing

three prodigious gifts
for human percipience.