MID-OCTOBER AFTERNOON
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Pale sunlight by three PM,
Driving to work again….
Early to work
(One and a half hour’s perk)…
Covering time for a friend.
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The pundits say autumn is slow,
A disappointing show…
It looks fine to me
indubitably,
We’ll take it as on we go!
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First frost may be a few days,
Before garden plants are crazed….
Stems turning brown
Get plowed down,
Plant food for next summer’s days.
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–Jonathan Caswell
NEW AUTUMNAL HAIKU
September sixteen,
Hooded jacket style preferred…
Flowers cowering.
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First frost expected,
Football games in full scrimmage…
Mascots wear warm socks.
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Branches dried too soon,
Taste of autumn in summer…
Golden not all good.
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Turkeys gather fat,
Acorns litter many fields…
Squirrel-kind’s field day!
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Ground mist oozes past,
Darker sooner than later…
Headlights grow auras.
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Woodsmoke drifting in,
Smell the reapers bringing in…
Taste is bountiful.
–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 