You can now enjoy my poetry with your morning cup of coffee if you try Nomadic Grounds coffee in SF. They have included several of my poems with the coffee. The poem below is also featured in my up coming book, 7 Day World. I have changed the title from Departure, which was mentioned in my last post.


Autumn Song


The sugar maple,
In her headdress of yellow leaves,
refuses to yield
her summer
ornaments.

The hollow of her space
filled with denser light,
her roots found deeper veins
to quench an endless thirst.

Some secret life
blessed
her…

But the winds slip
round, pulling the pins
till the feathers fall

even though she’s a princess
casting seeds in the ice.
The chartreuse sun cools.