Another Glorious Autumn Is On the Way
...When I look up at the pristine Colorado sky,
And see flocks of Canadian geese on the fly,
And watch squirrels hide their winter's fare in a secret cache,
Then I know that once again a glorious aut...
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Categories:
punkins, autumn,
Form: Rhyme
Ere the Geese and Snows Begin To Fly
...The languid days of summer passed so fleet - autumn's almost here.
Alas, I've fiddled around and left so many things undone, I fear.
Now, I must hustle about and cease buildin' castles in the sky,
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Categories:
punkins, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
Who's Gonna Tend the Farm
...Doctors told the old farmer his soul was soon to be his Makers!
"Spare me, Lord", he pled, "I must farm these hundred-forty acres!
My wife ain't able to hoe or mow or handle the old John Deere!
Th...
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Categories:
punkins, funny, old, old,
Form: Rhyme
Autumn In Vermont
...There's a chill in the mornin' air as autumn in Vermont unfolds.
Splendor is revealed as trees assume their cloaks of reds and golds!
Fodder shocks gleam in the risin' sun and 'punkins' sport a tin...
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Categories:
punkins, seasonswinter, autumn, snow, autumn,
Form: Rhyme
Autumn Preparations
...Autumn approached about a week ago as stealthily as a fox!
The corn has been shucked and the golden fodder stands in shocks.
Luscious apples have been plucked from every supple bough.
Sweet-scente...
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Categories:
punkins, seasonssnow, snow,
Form: Rhyme
Punkin Man
...Dominic Venetucci - 1911-2004
Outside, snow gently fell upon the barren punkin patch.
Where happy children once romped was now a forlorn thatch.
Inside the aged' couple reminisced about happier ...
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Categories:
punkins, nostalgia
Form: Rhyme