Jean Linville
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