November 4: Good hair day

at the hair salon

hearing Disney princess chatter

I too transformed

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November 3: Sidewalks

How nicely the fallen leaves
cover the dog shit
on the sidewalks.

November 2: Day of the Dead

Through gilded leaves

crow flies with stolen bread--

the way our souls seek solace.

 

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November 1: Birding in Portland

A stretch of woods below Portland's Western Prom used to shelter a significant number of homeless people. When we birded in that area, we would come across makeshift shelters, piles of clothes, and other heart-breaking signs that people were living there. Now many of the trees have been cut down, opening up the woods: it's no longer good bird habitat, but more importantly, it's no longer good shelter for those humans who needed it. It's not like those who stayed there vanished into thin air when the woods were cleared. As the calendar turns to chilly November, where have they found shelter?

city trees cut down--
sadder to think the homeless
have lost even this

October 31: Halloween walk at Merryspring

The child carries around

the chestnut husk

as if it were a new pet.

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October 30: Coffee shop

In the sun with chai

reading MFK Fisher

awake to the world

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October 29: In the face of loss

incandescent leaves, lit gold

golden-crowned kinglet

singing, "I'm still here!"

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