Sunday, October 31, 2010

Because the Days are Shorter

Beneath October's wild blue yonder,
bright with traffic light leaves,
the backyard maple begins her slow strip-tease
that confirms what I already knew:
Summer's bags are packed --
she's taking the sol train south.
So, I'll put aside my yearning
for ice cream, picnics, boat rides on the lake...

...and pick up the rake.

6 comments:

Doug said...

Raking leaves and solitude
Can be time well spent,
But I'm quite thankful, dude,
That here it's covered by the rent.

intelliwench said...

Cute, Doug :-)

John0 Juanderlust said...

I like it.
Very cool images and phrases. sol train is very clever

intelliwench said...

Thanks, Juan. I somehow can't get similarly inspired by winter, though.

VerbiVore said...

Great poetry, IW! Too bad blogger lacks "likes"! :)

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