Autumn haikus

1. Pink ribbon clouds
   silence the carolling
   auspicious sunrise

2. Sometimes I need to feel
   the sunset chill my skin
   to know I’m alive

3. Leaves float in puddles
   autumn wind exfoliates
   almond tree’s dead skin

4. All day hauling logs
   out of the storm-buckled shed
   grey clouds regroup

5. Threading a path
   through the woods I’ve been saving
   for winter’s first breath

6. Dawn mist makes spectres
   of eucalypt. First frost bites
   autumn’s shortened tail

7. Not even the mist
   can extinguish the pear tree’s
   autumn leaves aflame

8. The morning light weaves
   a patchwork quilt of shadows
   on the fallen leaves

9. Morning mist conceals
   a dusting of frost on straw
   like sprinkled sugar

10. The sun’s dying rays
    gently warm the lonely stones:
    shadows grow taller.