Rain and south winds yesternight
A sky of gray be the morning’s light
Each fallen leaf laden with the falling rain
Their wind swept flight put to tame
A brimming blanket of leaves upon the ground
Quiet they lay, gone their rustling sound
Soft be this bedding of leaves from branch and bough
Winds of Autumn and rain holding to nature’s vow
Branches with leaves in the splendor of color some yet be
Crimson, russet, orange, and gold donned by many a tree
Trees barren of leaves reach to the heaven’s above
Past the winter to come, Spring anew, blessings and love.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York
Spoils of Rain, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi.
