Come November

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

Image: C. Parant Appetite For Photos Used with Permission