In the Autumn

Margaret V.Doran

Black angular fingers poking
through the fog
of autumn's shroud
leaves fallen and damp
soft carpet of reds and gold

Crisp air, icy white sun orb
pale daylight
brave crocuses
avoiding chestnuts
shivering in the autumn cold

Deer moving vaguely through the mist
noises muffled
chimney smoke
thick in the air
wooly bears in furry curled repose

Pumpkins thick and orange in fields rest
brown leaves
grapes revealed
sweetened now by frost
rain-swollen stream rising as it flows

The smells of harvest creeping through the clouds
smoke mixed
finches gone
bluejays here
stalwart roses glisten still with dew

All of nature bundling now for winter
thrifty squirrels
giant maples
garden snakes
to wait 'til buds of spring shall burst anew

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Updated November 21, 1999
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