Cider and Leaves
November 17, 2024 at 11:19 a.m.
Cider and Leaves
By Merryn Bentley
Autumn, tastes like cider in the evenings.
Autumn, feels like wet leaves underneath my feet.
Autumn, smells like apple pie in the oven.
Autumn, looks like beautiful colors, all around in all around in every corner.
What a beautiful season, with smells and sights.
All around, it makes the four seasons complete.
Merryn Bentley was a student in Gerrit Hansen’s Seventh Grade English Class in 2023. This poem is in the “Autumn” section of The Poetry Inklet, the book Gerrit and his students created.
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