COLORS OF AUTUMN

BRIAN & ANGELA

We were all in the Scouts and the Guides

So we all learned a lot about nature's ways and things

The flowers and trees ~ the animals and birds and bees

The reasons for the Seasons and why the insects have such lovely wings !

 

Autumn was our favorite season ~ going camping 

Watching leaves change ~ green to yellow ~ red and brown

Hand in hand ~ all through the wild woods tramping 

More sensuous than sweaty discotheques in Town !

 

We boys were all Science Majors

So we knew why leaves rotated in their pigments

We shared our truths with Girls but never strangers

The pigments and their structures were real and never figments !

 

CHLOROPHYLL is green and throughout nature seen

ANTHOCYANINS red ~ when a leaf goes brown it's dead 

Leaves of purple and of blue are a much rarer hue

CAROTENOIDS are yellow and with red ~ they produce an orange fellow !

 

MAPLES have the finest colors in New England in the Fall

ASPENS in Colorado give the best display of all

So all green leaves must change despite defiance

Deciduous leaves are all transformed by Science !

 

For me a knowledge of the color changing process  

Strengthens my faith in God ~ His beauty and His purpose

Order and design ~ are daily seen in colors in the Sea & Earth & Sky

Science must ask questions and try to reason ~ WHY ?

 

Leaves open ~ photosynthesise  and color change and die

The miracle  is greater now that we know HOW and WHY !

The scientific reasons for the rainbow colored leaves

Nature's mysteries from GOD for Science to perceive !

 

Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Love to All ~ BRIAN XOX

 

I started to study Science when I was TEN and I'm still learning !

  • Author: BRIANSODES (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 3rd, 2016 03:33
  • Category: Nature
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  • thelostboy

    cool poem enjoyed reading keep it up I could use some tips for my next one if you would care to help😄

    • BRIAN & ANGELA

      Thanks for your encourging comment ~ In essence I am a CLASSICAL POET so i like my poems to rhyme and rhythm (scan). Also I use classical forms like SONNETS ~ VILLANELLES ~ HAIKU ETC. You can send me a draft (using contact) and I will edit it for you ~ OK ~ BRIAN

    • FruitfulSpirit

      Nice! I could feel and seeing everything you wrote

      • BRIAN & ANGELA

        Thanks ANGEL ~ pleased you liked it and pleased you felt it and visualised it too ! The Autumn colors are so so awesome ~ Love BRIAN

      • AlitaOpal

        The season in which I was born..
        Your poem took me back to when I was 6 years old, I lived near a park where there were many trees at that time in 1986.. How I used to love collecting leaves and conkers..
        There were many trees then and it saddens me that most, if not all have been cut down now..
        Another one of your wonderful pieces..

        🌹🌹🌹

        • BRIAN & ANGELA

          Thanks ALITA ~ pleased you appreciated my poem ! Even in a scientific poem I like it to rhyme and scan. Autumn is a lovely Month. It is true that in a Large City there seem to be fewer trees and more concrete. I'm 33 (you are a similar age) and I think in the last few years with higher temperatures and more rain the leaves have stayed on the trees longer so the colours in Old England rival those in New England ~ Do you agree ? Love BRIAN

          • AlitaOpal

            Yes, I do agree ☺️
            I am truly inspired..



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