Whilst the Leaves

Cool murmur of water through apple-wood
Troughs without number
The whole orchard fills, whilst the leaves
Lend their music to slumber.
~Sappho

Crow

On a bare branch,

a crow has landed:

autumn nightfall.
~Basho

October

All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken. ~Thomas Wolfe

Autumn

How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. ~John Burroughs

Happy Autumnal Equinox!