chilly at the start
of an expected cool day,
this marks October

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#clmooc
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@Algot

Trees become artists:
they're painting summer grass with
dollops of color

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chilly at the start
of an expected cool day,
this marks October

#SundayHaiku
#clmooc
#smallPoems

@Algot

Each day brings delay
as summer decays into
Autumn's short embrace

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dull, muted colors
adorn the trees this autumn
from a dry summer

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@Algot

With wind on its way,
how many leaves will remain,
from those here today?

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(We still have plenty of green here so I suspect the coming storm will do what it does, but that foliage will still be strong in the aftermath -- not like some year, where one good storm brings everything down)

the forecast is rain,
followed by quite a bit more,
a fall nor'easter

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@Algot

One final petal
drops beneath the fallen leaves
of the old oak tree

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flowers bloom briefly
before the winter winds blow,
stretching out fall's sway

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@Algot

Noticing darkness
falling earlier each day;
Autumn's arrival

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(Hard not to notice the shortening days here in New England these days, as October rounds the bend on us)

darker earlier,
lighter later for morning,
mark fall's progression

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#Clmooc
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chill on equinox
overnight, upper forties
marks arriving fall

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Lightning bayonets
striking trees, thundering fierce;
we stay inside, safe

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Yesterday, we were under a tornado watch (and hail watch) in the afternoon and it was scary for about 20 minutes. Nothing touched ground here, but there was constant bursts of close lighting and heavy rains.

a sliding cold front
delivers needed rainfall,
breaking summer drought

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Sunshine deception:
what looks warm from the inside
chills you on the out

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(I needed another layer this morning with the dog -- it looked warmer than it was)

cool temps overnight
kept me snuggled in my bed
longer than normal

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Was a hint of rain
hiding in the clouds again,
where sky meets motion?

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skimpy showers fail
to overcome sunbaked grass
under summer skies

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A cool morning breeze,
briskly foreshadows the day's
approaching heat

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hoping for sunshine,
though without blistering heat,
for this August day

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