Autumn Roads
Frosty air, autumn haze
Smoky, golden, exciting days
Crisp, dry leaves swirling down
Yellow, orange, russet, brown
Pumpkin fields that bode for much
Jack-o-lanterns, Halloween, spooks and such
Grandmas baking pumpkin pies
Houses filled with scents of spice
Families gathered Thanksgiving Day
to cook, feast, laugh, pray.
Barbara Ruby is a long time Puyallup resident whose poems have appeared frequently in Sharing Stories and Northwest Prime Times Poetry Corner.
SHARING STORIES is a weekly column for and about the 50 plus crowd living in the Puget Sound region. Send your stories and photos to ariele@comcast.net. Tell local or personal stories; discuss concerns around aging and other issues; share solutions, good luck, and reasons to celebrate; poems are fine too. Pieces may be edited or excerpted. We reserve the right to select among pieces. Photos are always a plus and a one-sentence bio is requested (where you live, maybe age or career, retired status, etc.).
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