AUTUMN COMES RUNNING.
Too soon comes Autumn, nipping the heels
Of unwary Summer it stealthily seals
Small changes in heavily leaf-laden trees.
Summer fruits begin dropping unhinged by
Rattle of branches in which Autumn hides.
Before battle commences its volatile breeze
Scatters copper-thin shivers through obese
Fattened Summer with capricious ease.
Autumn comes running nor stands aside
While Summer adjusts to its dynamic stride.
It tosses relentless as with bounty it plays
And douses growth's hold by raining days
Of voracious havoc on Summer's ill-fate.
Scurrying birds sense the warning of chill.
and consistently peck at my window-sill.
Life battens down to face colder seasons,
Light yields to dark as sun-height recedes.
Petals bud and crumble as last roses fade
Knowing Autumn comes running - to stay.
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Author:
Fay Slimm. (
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My absolute favourite time of the year, the beauty of nature will shine all around us.
Thanks FAY ~ increasingly my fave Season. The leaves ~ in all their Autumn Glory ~ seem to linger longer on the branches before forming a rainbow carpet at our feet. Your poem ~ replete with Rhyme & Rhythm ~ captures beautifully the awesome transition from Summer to Winter ~ AMEN ! Yours as always BRIAN. ANGELA sends her love XX but she is sulking because its SPRING in Auckland and she is missing swishing through the Autumn Leaves and ME of course !
Yes, running, and with a blast of wind! Fairly mild still though. A lovely write Fay. I knew it 90F one weekend end of September one year - a freak heatwave!
You have absolutely captured Autumn in this Fay
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