Autumn is here
by Les Powell, Kent
Autumn is here…The colours are pastel shades,The breeze is not so friendly now,And I have watched the flowers fade.An edge to the air bids “Farewell summer”,The early nights are cool,The grass has slowed to an easy speed,And I have stored the garden tools.The berries attend the birds,I have replanted the bulbs for the spring,Although spring seems so far away,Time is swift, on silent wings.The green leaves have donned,A rusted beauty of their own,They announce the coming of winter,And the warmth of a cosy home.The earth is to have its slumber,With autumn as its cloak,We will soon hear the crackle of bonfires,And know again, the scent of their drifting smoke.“Yes…autumn is here”.
