NOVEMBER

This is the Robin’s resting place –
Here is the Sabbath choir –
In every elm – the counting birds
Survey the temple spire.

This is the Reason for the quest –
Here is the Jubilee –
On springless trees – the redbreast bards
Appraise my revery.

This is the morning Reveille –
Here are the warm Farewells –
The branches bow with messengers
Whose endless gospel swells.

(9 November 2008, Provo, Utah)