Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

Indigenous People's Summer

~ 'Injun Summer' ~

Orange glow fades from twilight sky
  Pumpkins grin, full moon is nigh

It's Injun Summer, in the midwest
  Harvests gathered to farmers' nests



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'Injun Summer' is what unusually warm,
sunny days at the end of October used to
be called. But in 2021, Indigenous People's
Summer, having replaced Columbus Day... 
Oh, never mind... A big shout-out to John
John Lawless for updating my heretofore
myopic, outdated perspective. (lol) ~ gw

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Kim Rodrigues October 21, 2021 at 6:57 PM I always called it Indian Summer. LOL! So can you please add an also know as ;) ahaha! Gershon Wolf October 21, 2021 at 7:48 PM I have to defer to John Lawless (below). We are rewriting history successfully now in the USA! (CRT, BLM, JB & KH = Prosperity). Who am I to interfere? LOL... Actually, there's a great photo of a painting that the Chicago Tribune used to run every year titled 'Injun Summer.' So that's how it always was for me...

John Lawless October 21, 2021 at 5:51 AM AHEM!!! It is now "Indigenous Peoples Summer". Gershon Wolf October 21, 2021 at 7:05 AM John, you are brilliant, and your wit is unmatched! I am taking the 'hint!' Look at the title now... Laughter and Guffaws, gw