How fast now fade the autumn hues
chill wind gives chase across the fields
as cooler season now ensues
Once camouflaged with leaves profuse
stand barren trees, their limbs revealed
while on the ground, their autumn hues
And Mother Nature takes her cues
as to the longer nights, she yields
this change of season that ensues
Warm summer days have long diffused
as chill November comes to steal
the disappearing autumn hues
Once more does Autumn bid adieu—
her white coat frosts the ground to seal
this cooler season that ensues
And so the shortened days accrue
too soon by winter snow concealed
the dry and faded autumn hues
as cooler season now ensues
© Ginny Brannan 2017
