Glacial Roots

House upon sandy ridge
shaped millennia past 

ground-up rock deposits
drift from distant sources

left-behind sediments
from meltwater stream bed

beneath the retreating
once mile-thick glacier

cherished, esker home-site
among other ice-age relics.

Fall Foliage #27

Heaps galore
of nature's compost

blowing about
in variable spots

uncountenanced
for suburban lawns

light as feathers
hard to capture

quick to escape
with any breeze

stuffed into bags
piled into trucks

difficult task
wrangling fallen leaves. 

Fall Leavage

Gently wafting
as easy rides

twisting, twirling
in dancing styles

wind-churned bunches
of spinning eddies

random spirals
on fall's swirl-a-round

quite hypnotizing
for foliage seekers

meditative moments
before the season's end.