The wet season

This year,
 the dry of summer followed deep into fall,

the green and gold of harvest and late flowers held on

 

 

 

while the last of summer birds wait

 

and watch.

And then,

the dry creek's torrent

 

and the rains fall

bringing Pagan Earthstars

and Honey Mushrooms

that appear

under tiny Mycena perched on limbs.

Brilliant in the darkness, 

a Dyer's Polypore is a golden treasure.

 

A time of life and rebirth 

among the fungi and lichen.