I see you hunting Across the lake And your wild beauty is Wonderful to me
Geese on Glass
Geese on glass Tentative Cautious (like we are) When We’re On Thin Ice
Tenacious
Tenacious leaves Clinging still Showing off Their shiny underbelly Reminding me That fall is all but finished And Winter is on its way
Geese Scatter
The lake
Now teeming with goose and gander
Awakens
Filled
With noise and splatter
Honk
Honk
Honk
Honk
You fly
Organized by some unseen eye
In v’s and v’s and v’s and v’s
Flee fly flo
(my beloved)
Off.
You.
Go.
Geese Gleaning
Geese gleaning Fields of gold Someone's trash Is another one’s trove
Late Sweet Peas (for Fay)
Late sweet peas Brought by a Friend in a White Milk glass Vase And I Smile (again) Sniff (and then) Savour summers (present and past) And Breath in Hope You see me You see me You see me
Fall Song
Crops in
Wind high
Leaves gone
Rivers dry
Sun low
Rest now
Rest
Rest
Rest
Rest
Dog Walk
I walk the dog and the dog walks me I walk the dog and the dog walks me I walk the dog and the dog walks me Free I see a bird up in a tree I see a bird up in a tree I see a bird up in a tree Free
Breathe
Earth I long to lie upon you And Breathe in Latent oxygen Sheltered in your stones Restore me Re-create Renew
It Wasn’t You
Poplars yellow And I go back On horseback Trailing behind your Broad back On horseback too But It wasn’t you I longed for The day couldn’t have been more perfect Sun Fall Trees Breeze Horses But It wasn’t you I longed for
Colleen R. Jantzen 