Somewhere Grey Fall

Damp leafs random toss by autumn gust, hue stain bold foliage unfurls, brown, golden amber, red-orange curls, into town or country setting thrust Thin laid ice chill air must plummet, taut azure sky wing creatures flourish, palm warbler, barred owl, cedar waxwing perish, orchard fall strain on moss clad branch summit Stout heart trudge on rust decay meander, pockmark mud stone surface brittle, black cloud grain spice wind counts for little, to pale mute green paddock’s wry candour Daylight glow cold shoulders summer tint, tan quartz beach once boisterous ghost town silent, August lakeshore swarm a breed less vibrant, weathervane gloom monger’s doleful hint Beaver moon plunge or peak as lunar auspice, outcrop toiler’s eggplant harvest purple struck, breezy whoop of yield beneath the groundswell pluck, amid a sullen grey November hospice