Autumn Is Here

The today started out with heavy fog.  How depressing.  The fog started to lift in the middle of the morning and looked like maybe there was hope for a good day.  Then the fog set in again and stayed that way until well into the noon hour.  You see this weekend is prime time for “leaf lookers” here in eastern Tennessee.  The higher elevations are far beyond that but here at the lower elevations the leaves are just beautiful.  The rust and deep golden colors have been spreading over the forested areas all around us.  The fog finally lifted and stayed away for the rest of the day.  It turned out to be a beautiful sunny day with plenty of sunshine and calm wind.

I found a poem book at Habitat For Humanity yesterday.  I love poems so definitely thought it was worth the $.50 price tag.  Love second hand stores.  You never know what you will find as you search through the items that other people do not want anymore and donate them.  I have picked out the following untitled poem to share with you.  I hope you enjoy it.  I can’t take credit though I sure would like to be able to write poems.

UNTITLED Poem by Jonathan Kivett

Autumn is here

And the facetious Indian Summer

has crept away.

The terminal earth

cracks and groans

in the sharper air.

Winter hangs overhead

a kite

poised, ready to sweep

leaves to the ground and

gutters.

The cruel summer is dead-

vanquished like an athlete

fighting brittle wind.

The false warmth is gone,

replaced by an honest death.

The sky, grey with

mourning.

And I walk alone,

carrying dreams

wrapped in denim

against the cold.

By Jonathan Kivett

Autumn is a great time of year.  Hope it has been kind to you.