A touch of impromptu catnip from a morning drive. . .
oh tree of burnished gold
your leaves shalt not wither
before illuminating my soul
~catnipoflife
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”
~George Eliot
On my nature walks, I sometimes take a small pad and pencil and jot down word picture nuggets for my poems. Bette A. Stevens
North winds whisk the clouds away
Towering trees in fall array
Purples, golds an firy reds
All throughout Maine’s forests spread
Brook’s a place where minnows play
Dart past leaves that drift and sway
Bluejays chat, expounding tales
Of summer past and coming gales
Starched white towers climb the sky
Reminding all that autumn’s nigh
- Bette Stevens (copyright 9/22/2012)
http://about.me/betteastevens/#
Already autumn seasons us, with darts
of scarlet fallen leaves and crispy air.
The nights befall us earlier. It starts
to hint of winter brevity. Compare
the light at 6 PM to just three weeks
ago, and note the recent rain that made
adobe-colored gutter water, leaks
in old garages, rivulets of shade.
Already fall approaches. I should fix
the broken, reinforce the frail, replace…
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