Autumn's Appalachian Woods
Poetry from an Autumn Woods-walk in the Foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Pennsylvania
evening shadows hung in hoods
autumn coldness scented woods
down drifted leaves that died
and wind, contented, sighed
fox grapes purpled leaf strew streams
box turtles dreams
gold was all around
an Eden found
sumac scarlet, poison ivy
climbed up high a knotty-pine tree
all was crystals, jeweled around me
yet still my feet kept striding
and high a half-moon riding
on past ferns and yellowed fronds
red dogwood berries, sleeping ponds
squirrels frisky, fast at play
deer that watched, but did not stay
from fields that smelled of clover hay
a katydid in lonesome solo
sang to firefly's dimming dusk-glow
oh, if I could, I'd stop the fall
and ever after, keep it all
Published by Rue Cooper
Rue Cooper is a free lance writer living in Pennsylvania. She watches a lot of television shows and old comedy movies. She is interested in homeschooling, religions, biography, science, history, world cultu... View profile
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3 Comments
Post a CommentYou've captured the image so well. I like fall, too.
Awesome Poetry! I felt like I was walking in the woods too! Thanks!
Beautiful poem. I love the woods in Autumn! Thanks for sharing. :)