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Archive for October, 2026

Fall Surrounds Us

Leaves are turning, leaves are falling,
Temperatures cooling, wind is calling.

Sweaters appear, furnaces warming.
The wind gives a bite, and sometimes it’s storming.

Charities gear up — the donations appear.
We think of the homeless, ‘specially this time of year.

Sometimes it’s raining, or mainly just chill.
Kids hoping for winter — snow sleds and their thrill.

Leaves in the gutters, leaves on the roof.
Autumn has come; shorter days are the proof.

Yellow, orange, red — these colors surround us.
Sunflowers and pumpkins; nature astounds us.

Thanksgiving is coming, and then we recall —
The Giver of all gifts has given them all.

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Neighborhood Menagerie

One little squirrel scampered ‘cross the road.
He hurried on to add to his load
Of nuts and things for winter’s sting.

Two wild turkeys crossed the road,
Their necks were long and narrow,
But do their bones have marrow?

Three rabbits sat and munched the grass
The clover was their favorite —
It wasn’t quite Welsh rarebit.

Four deer stood staring by the road,
Until our car did scare them.
A hunter would like to snare them.

Five robins bobbed along the grass.
They find that grubs are great repast —
In winter, berries, if they last.

Until temperatures drop, the wasps are here.
I do not hold them especially dear.
If I leave them alone, I do not fear.

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Magical Doe Eyes

We drive onto a wooded lane.
They look at us with doe eyes,
For that is what they are.
Frozen in silence; they only stare.

Magical moments —
We silently watch each other, unmoving.
Until our car moves on —
Then they startle, leap, turn, and run,
Prancing, as if in a dance.

They say animals are dumb,
But that is only their tongues.
Their eyes bespeak some knowledge there,
Their beauty and grace a gift so rare.

I’ll never forget that stare.

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