Autumn Morning
A chilly breeze
woke me today
reminding me of summer's end
and long nights to come
A sun brilliant
but not warm
shines bright in a cerulean sky
autumn's frost is not far behind
I take a bucket of sand
and bury the past
mourning long hot days
and nighttime cricket songs
And longingly remember
picnics, festivals
days spent at the beach
and sadly exchange them
For school books,
colorful leaves,
jackets, sweatshirts
and yard work.
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Sweet October,
Fallen are leaves departing trees
Blanket of colour on ground
Lovers embrace in gentle breeze
Outcome of
The Autumn
Today I saw a robin starting
for the land of sun
I saw a gray squirrel storing food
as if there'd soon be none
I smelled
Autumn
Leaves caught in whirling tangle
In the setting Autumn sun
Wind gathers up homeless dirt
Eddies made to swirl and
by L D Redmond
Cascades of Gold.
And I stand, in the avenue of Golden wonder,
Amid the cascades of fiery amber
as leaves rain upon me, reds,
'The Single Leaf'
As I gaze out my window
on a cold November day
I see a single red
leaf on a tree
clinging desperately
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