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AUTUMN, a poem by Margaret Kayan Yu, Canada Other Fall Poems Other Season Poems DUAL CATEGORY THIS POET COUNTRIES Categories: Fall Poems & Season Poetry Viewed 1738 times Author: Margaret Kayan Yu, Canada Share Poem AUTUMN It begins in golden October a time when plants fully mature Grain harvest and fruits ripen See the sunset, reflects, orange sea And mountaintop sprinkled with snow The trees all shed their leafs painted gold On the ground you can see the leafs dancing around in circles when the wind blows Fog, mist, morning dew and damp coldness comes Geese fly South, bees gather food some mammals change into their fur coats All are prepared for the coming winter Out there you feel the coldness of the air the cleanness of the Earth made by the rain Feel the nice fresh breeze of the wind blowing against your face, your soft hair and sometimes lifting away your umbrella inside out The rain then drops onto your eyelashes Back in here, you can get cozy feeling the warmth from the heat of the fireplace, when you swivel Cause the fire had just warmed up your skin Now you walk into your kitchen You smell the sweetness of the baked pies They were Pumpkin pies freshly made You open the kitchen window A scent so strong, neighbours come at your door, commenting on the pies and welcoming Autumn while breathing in the nice fresh air as the rain washed away the black dustiness of the streets It is pouring rain outside You can almost taste the salt of it But you are drooling over the apple cider you made and the taste of the cinnamon apples on your lips is so sweet In the back of your mind you have not forgotten about Thanksgiving The juicy tenderness meat of turkey red grape wine you drank down your throat The feeling of it is all so great The sound of Nature gives us Autumn Hear the Chickadees call a clear chick-a-dee-dee-dee Swifts voice is a shill, excited je je je je in a descending scale When you hear these songs of the birds You can be as excited as the Swifts and Chickadees Sounds as if the birds are getting ready for winter Even if you are sitting in your room, you can hear them with the wind that whistles and bang on the window When it blows so hard against the trees the leafs sound like a waterfall The harsh rain hits on your rooftop Hear the water spilling out of the gutters when they are blocked by the moldy leafs and twigs Be not afraid of Autumn, cause you are safely at home Click to purchase Print 80605 0 Other Author Poems Recent Site Documents What type of Valentine do you wish to have? Blog by: Mukeshkumar Raval Just Among Friends (A24) Blog by: Chris Johnson ARE LARGE PHARMACUTICAL COMPANIES PLAYING SCROOGE Blog by: Marcia Schechinger Code Red! (A tale of a media man) Short Story by: Edgar Eslit CONGRATULATORY SPEECH Blog by: Dowell Oba finally... Short Story by: bahar sarafrazi Why I Write About Monsters Blog by: Kristine Trudeau Wonder of Wonders Blog by: Rajaram Ramachandran One upon a time.. Blog by: Pattra Shuwaswat The Rockhill Cosmo and Her Butterfly-I Short Story by: Yarpei Shatsang         If you like this poem, post a message below to the poet!   To Respond, enter a note and then click the "Post Response" button below   Your Response:   Your Name   Your Country       Here are the previous Messages left about this Poem From Comment about poem or author Response Country Response Added     Send this poem to your Friends and Family           Use the following form to support the author by sending this poem to your friends, family and co-workers. Each time that you forward this poem to another friend of yours, the poet will earn marketing credits to get their poem pages displayed even more on the Internet.    Your Name:    Friend's Email:    Note:         Have this poem read to you by one of our Poets! Rate this Poem 1 - Average 2 3 4 5 - Award Winner Not Rated Yet HELP THIS AUTHOR OUT BY COPYING THE FOLLOWING HTML CODE INTO ANY WEBPAGE <a href = "http://www.voicesnet.org/displayonepoem.aspx?poemid=80605">Click here to visit VoicesNet.com to read the poem called "AUTUMN" by Margaret Kayan Yu, Canada</a>