autumn dusk
a cigarette smolders
on the sidewalk
—Joanne Morcom
About the author: Joanne Morcom is a writer and social worker in Calgary, Alberta. Her award winning poetry and flash fiction have appeared in a variety of print and electronic publications. Her poetry postcards are available from pooka press and her scifaiku chapbook, "A Nameless Place," is available from Sam's Dot Publishing or from the author at her own website.
across the table-
his eyes
burn a hole
autumn sunset -
wrapped with a ribbon of smoke
from burning leaves
autumn
even the river has turned
red
cool night
warmed by harvest moon -
my fading thought
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