For Kids Autumn Poems

full moon on hallow's eve
ghosts and goblins
will be trick or treating
for bags and bags of candy
toffee apples on sticks
enough sweets to rot their teeth

children roam...

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In October 
the wind picks up 
dusting the ground with fallen multicolored leaves 
leaving bare trees to shiver 
in October 
people dress a little warmer...

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mom rakes piles of leaves 
kids with bikes scatter them 
causing mom to yell...

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“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Treasured moments,...

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Summer came and went too fast, but I still had a blast!
I wish this warm weather could last forever.
Feeling the sun's rays during these lazy...

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Fresh football fixtures, fill our Saturdays
kids all get haircuts and new shoes for school
white summer dresses are folded away
north winds caress us as evenings turn...

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The clouds begin to grieve as the light veils
Leaves descend paths in a radiant  race 
Only the trees in the forest now  dwell...

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In the cool of an autumn morning
my father and his friend, 
Jimmy Kerin, would go
mushroom picking in paddocks 
way out past the last suburban fence.
I...

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                        11/13/2023


Christmas...

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       GRANDEUR  OF  FALL


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it’s not its striking unique slate of tones
as if vincent had risen from his century
long sleep
it is not nature’s rich hypnotic melodies 
or the slim...

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Black cats dart across my path
As I head down the street
Children hide and spook their friends
And all around shout “Trick or treat!”

It’s Halloween! It’s Halloween!...

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Ever-changing Autumn, its shapes and shades.
Fanning breath stirs the heavily laden;
transforms and redraws like playful charades,
prepping, and grooming, all the misshapen.

A pastor's mural paints pure...

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good-bye 
summer

see you
next year

your turn
autumn

bring your
cool breeze

gleaming
light frost

do your
magic

changing 
leaves from

green to
golden

red and
purple

see them
cascade

leaving 
bare limbs~~

mums and
pumpkins

brighten
porches

kids in
costumes

trick or
treating

special
Thursday

when we 
gather

speak of
blessings

feast on
turkey

autumn 
now is

two-thirds
over

soon...

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How do I know,                                         ...

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