Coat

 
 
 

On day seventeen
 
every chair on the terrace
 
wears a coat of frost.

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Snowflakes

 
 
 

Sometime after dawn
 
the first of many snowflakes
 
start to coat the oak.

Rain

 
 
 

Even during rain
 
the front-porch jack-o’-lantern
 
wears a coat of dust.

Coat

 
 
 

Deepening autumn—
 
the scarecrow in the garden
 
wears a coat of frost.

Hem

 
 
 

After spring planting,
 
the hem of the scarecrow’s coat
 
keeps unraveling.

Dog

 
 
 

late autumn downpour—
 
remembering my old dog
 
and his rain-soaked coat

Chair

 
 
 

An old wooden chair,
 
needing a new coat of paint,
 
wears cobwebs instead.