November 7: Moonlight

Awake to moonlight

so bright through the bedroom blind

I think it’s morning.

November 6: In the Whites

Even the truck driver

stops to photograph

the roaring waterfalls.

November 5: At the A1 Diner

Riverside diner—

eating at eye level

with the high water marker.

November 4: After the storm

After the windstorm
new bridges for squirrels
across the river

November 3: Audubon Folio

Was invited to a read a poem today at a unique event: the monthly page-turning of the Bowdoin College library’s Audubon folio. On the first Friday of every month, the Special Collections librarians (it takes two!) turn the supersized page to the next bird. This month’s featured bird is now the “Yellow-breasted Warbler,” now known as the Common Yellowthroat. 

Turning the page—

another month begins,

another bird flies in.

November 2: All Soul’s Day

Two crows lift off

something dead on the roadside—

is this transmigration?

November 1

Day after Halloween.

Putting all the skeletons

back in the closet.