Amusement beckons
Yet by the hearth I linger
Tending to the fire
What use the radiant sun
When icy winds come dancing?

link: hearth to hearth

Welcome the New Year
Like a beggar from the cold
Beaten and ashamed
Come, cast aside your sorrows
Warm yourself beside the hearth

link: cool wind soothe to warm yourself beside the hearth

The autumn palette
So calming to the senses
A balm to the soul
Weep, then, and let the cool wind
Soothe your heated countenance

link: leaves, green and gold to autumn palette

Daylight comes, the sun
Hiding herself modestly
Behind soft grey clouds
A shimmering curtain falls
Of autumn leaves, green and gold

link: progression, moon-lit paths to daylight

In these latter days
My dreams take me wandering
Upon moon-lit paths
To times lost, places distant
Anywhere there might be peace

link: time grows short to latter days

Colorful autumn grasses
Swaying gently in the wind
Arm for a pillow
I lay and watch them dancing
Even now as time grows short

Link: meadow to autumn grasses; rest to arm for a pillow

A split-rail fence
Separates a meadow by
The side of the road
Let me set my burdens down
Here may I rest me a while

Link: progressive: wandering to resting