Oi! Canna lily!
I see you have bloomed at last ~
Warmer Novembers.

Oi! Canna lily!
I see you have bloomed at last ~
Warmer Novembers.
The sudden silence –
After four long years of war ~
Broken by birdsong.
[For my great great uncles John, Edward, Hugh (At Sea, 1917) and Tommy Moore]
November morning –
Winter Sun lights up Dublin ~
Blinds me as I drive.
Winter has started-
Per the Gaelic calendar ~
Sad pumpkin agrees.