Autumnal Augeries

 

Here's a sampling of my poetry

 over the years.  These poems were inspired by

 one of my favorite seasons --- Autumn.

a giant mushroom from my side yard

 

Orange and Ocher

 

Orange and Ocher -
Autumnal ephemera
Fades into winter

 

November 2003

 

 

Orange Changes

 

Drive
I-5
north
to Seattle
in the fall.

The trees
are starting
to change color
and some of them are
spectacularly orange.

 

1980s?

Orange Eyes

 

I need the autumn
and its orange eyes
to warm me
with embers like a kiss
or caresses from the skies.

 

8/20/83

 

Orange Priests

 

Orange Priests
in leafy robes
wave benediction
with the autumn breeze.

Hopeful supplicants,
the pilgrims come
to worship at this place.

 

10/31/89

 

 

lovely birch leaves in my side yard

 

  

Autumnal Jewels

 

Autumnal jewels,

adorning all the landscape,

dangling from each tree.

 

October 16, 2005

 

 

AUTUMN

Days are growing shorter;

there’s crispness in the air.

Leaves of red and yellow

are falling everywhere.

The wind blows much harder

and the rain pours down each day.

Wear your warmest jacket

because winter’s on the way!

 

March 1971

 

 

Autumn Prayer

 

Thank You, God, for autumn days

And leaves of gold and red.

Although the nights are frosty,

We keep snug and warm in bed!

 

1971 purchased by Concordia Publishing (Happy Times

but never published)

 

 

The Dance of the Leaves

 

Floating, gliding,

Drifting, riding

On the breeze.

Soaring, whirling,

Spinning, twirling

From the trees.

And in a trance,

I watch them dance.

It’s autumn!

 

December 1971

from my book of poetry:

Gnarled Roots

oak tree in my backyard

 

 

Quarrelling Squirrels

 

Under the oak tree

we see quarrelling squirrels.

They bury a nut.

 

9/22/09

 

 

Quilt

 

A quilt on the line

waving wildly in the wind.

It’s almost winter.

 

September 22, 2009

 

 

APPLIQUE

 

Black lace, gray velvet.
The oak stands out against the
Dusky autumn sky.

 

1975

from Gnarled Roots