Sunday Haiku

there’s very thick fog
over melting snow patches
winter hiatus

crusted snow outside
but not too much to shovel
smaller than forecast

leaves, like a lawn’s rug
moved off to the compost pile
a rite of autumn

contend in autumn
a quadrennial event
to choose a leader

no artifice here
snow is on the ground right now
winter has arrived

i say it’s forty
you say it is almost five
it’s fall or autumn

just a touch of frost
looks like the summer has passed
how long until snow

Sunday morning scene
40 starts the day’s routine
summer’s over – keen

longer nights arrive
cooling breeze through the window
fall beginning now

storm’s rain has passed by
welcome moisture for the lawn
now sunny and cool