overcast —
newly-cut lawn
a deeper green
Author: Richard Stevenson
Richard Stevenson lives and teaches in Lethbridge in southern Alberta, Canada. He is the author of twenty books, including, most recently, Live Evil: A Homage To Miles Davis (2000), Hot Flashes: Maiduguri Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka (2001), and Parrot With Tourette's (2004).
drowsy —
a few desultory flakes
fall intermittent-
ly
luffing of wings —
two low-flying geese
riffle the lake
no hushed leaf applause-
just wind through the branches
of the naked elms
already freezing-
across the lake one goose
honks once
first skiff of snow-
a tidings of magpies
confer on hard ground
dog’s got the door mat-
tussles, drags, fights it
through the fallen leaves