A Chorus of Autumn

Each fall, the lake
changing complexion
the color, the spirit
the calls on the water

The bathers of summer
noises of people
giving way each year
a chorus of autumn

The birds instead calling
one to another
a sojourn of migration
to warmer climates

Each season in turn
flowing one to another
for now a chorus of autumn
until the chill of winter

September 28, 2011
Rolling Ridge Day Apart Retreat
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“Poetry, Nature, and the Language of the Land”
http://www.rollingridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/WEB-Poetry-Nature-and-Language.pdf
led by Ray McGinnis
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Write to the Heart workshops

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