Yellow leaves still clung
To roadside willows;
Wind darkly erratic,
Edged with chill;
Twilight gold hovered
Over western Promontories;
Evening sky solid--
Impending, impenetrable,
Unyieldingly Gray.

Yet Summer lingered:
Fleeting effervescence
Perceived internally:
Warmth sensed like Cold
Within the bone--
Retrospection bestial--
Whooping of crane,
Wild goose song of
Commemorate South.

Unimpeded, cowering
'Neath pendulant
Swaying branches,
Voice was breath--
Less than whisper--
Subtle enticement,
Hesitating, yet
Harmonizing inherently;
We sang Autumn's Song.

11/01/2004

Author's Note: Once more on Piery's Shore (October)

Posted on 11/02/2004
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