A Glorious Day

I’m sitting outside in the sun.
The foliage change has begun;
So the leaves, gold and brown,
Have been fluttering down 
And the squirrels are out on the run.

Though I filled up the feeder with seed,
Local birds haven’t yet taken heed,
But the longer I sit 
One will get wind of it
And the rest will come flocking to feed.

Such a glorious day in the fall
Should be greeted and welcomed by all,
For they’re precious and few 
And we haven’t a clue 
When the Reaper may give us a call.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021


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Date: 11/16/2021 10:00:00 AM
A wonderful testimony to the beauty of autumn
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Date: 11/11/2021 6:44:00 PM
Autumn is, after Spring, my favorite season. But this year the colorful foliage is late and Ida's winds a few weeks ago stripped most of them off. There are still flowers blooming, like roses and rhododendrons and other flowers associated with spring. Must hve something to do with climate change, yes? / Maurice
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Date: 11/6/2021 5:13:00 PM
Delightful poem!
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Date: 11/5/2021 4:00:00 PM
Loved this Ilene. ‘Our’ birds eat better than we do, they cost us a small fortune but we get so much enjoyment from them. With fat balls and hanging nuts, walking can be tricky so I stay home and watch the birds. I don’t think we get Reapers, perhaps they want different seeds. Terry
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Date: 11/5/2021 11:51:00 AM
Hello Ilene, I would not answer the door. To let that person inside. Enjoy your day my friend.Hugs.
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Date: 11/5/2021 11:43:00 AM
As COVID-19 is impacting the animal world, such scenes may be increasingly rare in the future, so enjoy them whilst you can as there is no rest in sight for the Grim Reaper! Aloha!
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Date: 11/5/2021 11:39:00 AM
Tell that Reaper fellow to take a hike, Ilene. Your poem is too rich in optimistic images to deal with him right now.
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Date: 11/5/2021 11:25:00 AM
If you hear the door ignore it Ilene, hopefully he'll go elsewhere lol. Tom
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Date: 11/5/2021 11:06:00 AM
Just scrumptious this. You had me bouncing along and then WHACK the Reaper shows up in the end—such is life :)
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