Even as the great undressing
has been underway a while
and only bare wood limbs stand
most ways you turn you eyes,
stubborn lingering displays
of bright
and joyful color
defy
the trend
to ground,
for a few days more.
Posts Tagged fall color
Middle left.
Nov 25
We’d come to the compost heap to harvest a poke of genetically dubious
volunteer squash and melons.
Shot a shaggy shadow self.
Lifting eyes to the hills,
the compost enjoys a 360° sweep,
when the hay’s cut,
of all our ring of mountains.
Everywhere, first signs of the retarded deployment of fall colors.
October 15th used to be middle of the range for peak color
in the middle elevations,
but in this ever-warming century it’s past Halloween,
sliding towards Thanksgiving.
While, beside the monitor, the last of the color
drains from compost-ready cut flowers,
in splendid decadence.