eighteenth haiku

wicks dance in a row

haven't stepped outside all day

giving thanks for you

seventeenth haiku

old pines stand tall, firm,

while only their shadows shift

why must I weaken?

sixteenth haiku

so cozy in here,

inside blankets' heavy cave

outside, fall's wide wind

fifteenth haiku

not yet the last year -

breathless, red-cheeked, laughing boy -

you will jump in leaves

fourteenth haiku

wind brings breath of snow,

crunchy leaf scent, strangest spice:

freshly cut green grass

thirteenth haiku

staring at highway,

almost missed it entirely:

trees dusted with snow

twelfth haiku

brown leaves still clinging

white sky snows furiously

pushing through autumn