An Autumn Post

I promised an autumn post a while back, and since it snowed last night and its still not officially the first day of winter, I figured I'd better hurry up before autumn packed up and left without me. So when I sat down to write it, it ended up not being a post at all, but more of a poem, so sorry, but here you go.

 

Autumn is a time for yelling

"Izzy put jeans on"

Of watching while driving

For doe and her fawn.

 

Fall is a time for thinking

"Coffee sounds good."

And digging around for that coat with a hood.

 

It's that time of the year

When green gives way

To golden leaves

That spiral and sway

 

Autumn is time for yelling

"Izz, T-shirts won't do."

And the world's changing color

And everything's new

 

Now is the time

to let tomato plants die

And exchange them for pumpkins

And a pink painted sky

 

Of corn chaff

And bean dust

And the moonbeams

they've caught rust

 

The heat slips out

And takes irrigation

The winds pick up

Bring winters early salutation

 

It's stringing out fence

And bringing cows home

Checking them twice

Weaned calves like to roam

 

It's nippy cool air

And fog in the morning

"What'd the weather just say?"

Winter advisory warning.

 

Autumn is fresh young horses

and lots of coffee to drink

It's "Izzy get that skirt off.

I don't care if it's pink."

 

It's time for hot chocolate

And bugs crawling on the walls.

"Quick hold your ears!"

Dad found the coyote calls.

 

Lets sight in the rifles

"Mom get us more ammo."

Deer season's fast coming

Maybe we'll try a bow.

 

The girl's been planning Halloween now

for six or eight weeks

There's birthdays coming

a few presents to sneak.

 

the crows they come

Calling with winds that blow

"Kid change outta those crocks

It's fixing to snow."

 

Almost through feeding that steer

Mom wants soup every meal

Semesters almost over?

That sounds like a deal.

 

Autumn is the perfect mix

Between summer time and snow

I can't think of any more rhymes

I guess I'd better go