turning a corner

October 28 - November 1 Week 38/72

sharp staccato calls of coyotes

coaxing each other further back into the woods

travel effortlessly through the dark quiet

of the early morning air, while the underbellies of leaves

beaded with raindrops create ragged reflectors strewn

randomly across the ground, until the sun rises revealing

the unexpected arrival of shaggy manes standing erect

mushrooms brilliantly white, saluting the day

mixing their scent with the richness of damp fallen leaves

hours vanish into dusk, temperatures tumbling

sending shivering reminders that soon snow will

replace rain as evening skies clear and deep cold traveling

down from the blue moon etches thousands of unseen edges

with the sparkling crystals of autumn's first hard frost