Good poem Gary and I think autumn makes better poems than spring, summer or
winter - why? , also do yu say autumn or fall in US or is there a
distinction between these words?
bw
SallyE
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> The Winds of Autumn
>
> Leaves blow against the house,
> into blind corners by the stairs,
> on the back porch to cover
> an ordered disarray like mud
> and dirt-green crackled drifts.
>
> There is nothing in this loose foliage
> of the tones sought by artists
> and photographers - no red, yellow,
> lime, or the orange that only
> seems to come round at Halloween.
>
> These soiled leaves pile umber
> and common brown as if ready
> in this burning season for body bags,
> each leaf the color of sand drifts
> and khaki soaked with dried blood.
>
> This winter grips maple and alder
> forests tight and will not give way
> until each grimy leaf is a shredded,
> broken memory like the promises
> so lightly made the spring before,
>
> when even cracked limbs seemed
> to avoid the fall to widow-maker
> and we remembered autumn's leaves
> were yellow, orange and blood red.
>
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