The scarecrow’s straw hat—
 
someone put it upside down
 
on his empty head!

Ashes

 
 
 

Kindled by fireworks
 
the scarecrow’s battered straw hat
 
crumbles to ashes.

Crèche

 
 
 

Just before Christmas
 
a cat curls up in the straw
 
of a curbside crèche.

Hat

 
 
 

Autumn afternoon—
 
the scarecrow’s tattered straw hat
 
takes off with the wind.

Hat

 
 
 

First day of April—
 
a wren finds a nesting place
 
in an old straw hat.

Cartwheels

 
 
 

Her floppy straw hat,
 
caught by a stiff autumn gust,
 
cartwheels down the street.

Stream

 
 
 

From the scarecrow’s mouth
 
a thin gold stream of wheat straw
 
trickles to the ground.

Enough

 
 
 

Even the scarecrow
 
has had enough of summer—
 
straw leaks from his sleeve.

Gust

 
 
 

scarecrow’s old straw hat
 
knocked to the ground by a gust
 
of midsummer wind

Thieves

 
 
 

scarecrow’s old straw hat
 
falling down over his eyes—
 
winged thieves mock his plight