A Poem for Autumn

Each season has its own unique characteristics. Spring brings green to winter’s barrenness and summer – well, it’s the season to be carefree for some or for others to complain about the heat.

And then there’s autumn. It tempers summer and prepares us for winter. This is the season in which we find ourselves now. Have you looked at it? Its weather changes irrationally and it, too, has its own characteristics that provoke thought in the mind of the poet.

If you have watched the hills undergo their annual changes into beautiful colors, then perhaps you, too, appreciate autumn.

I thought I would share a few lines of poetry with you as I look at autumn. It’s not a ‘religious’ poem but it describes the beauty of the earth God has made.

Autumn
The Earth Sleeps

The hills are turning rusty;
The sky is looking dusty.
The earth is shedding summer’s care.
And now there’s autumn in the air.

The leaves of multicolored hues
Bring to earth the welcome news.
“Rest from burdens you’ve had to bear.”
For now there’s autumn in the air.

The earth gives forth a yawn so lusty,
And seems to stretch; youth so husky.
Of needed sleep, she’s earned her share;
And one sees autumn everywhere.

Take some time to see this world.
Summer, in earth’s bosom curled,
Is gone again until next year.
For autumn now is truly here.
-- tl

See you when the saints meet, Lord willing.

Love, Tony