10.10.10

Noll's Forecast


In my corner
 of all existing things,
Fall has come.

Time for cool night falls,
For trees morphing
 into bouquets
of yellow, orange, crimson.

Birds flocking.
Clacking,
chirping cacophonies,
rising from
the colored canopies.

The hummingbird
 has caught
a ride out of town.

Sunlight slants.

Honeysuckle,
bittersweet berries swell.
The locust pods hang low
upon the bough,
desiring the ground.

Fall.
Nature's descent:

Neither containable
or collected in a jar.

All we own 
is its changing presence.

My Sunday
will be sunny,
with a slight chance
of starlings.




12 comments:

Brian's Home Blog said...

That sounds like a purrfectly wonderful forecast to me!

The Florida Furkids said...

Excellent forecast!

The Florida Furkids and Angel Sniffie

Angel Gracie=^o.o^= said...

Doing a little CATch up work today and wanted to say thank you for leaving kind words at my place when my grandma left. Your kind words helped us all to feel better when we were sad. What a good friend you are!
Thanks from,
Gracie, Daddie, & Mommie

ps: Love the post and photo!!

Angel Simba said...

What a wonderful poetic forecast. Yes, our hummingbirds have moved south, but we still have other birds I can watch. My favorite thing is to watch the busy busy chipmunks in th rock walls.

Jacqueline said...

Love the photo and forecast=a beautiful image and lovely words...Hope you all enjoy a peaceful Sunday, sweet friends...kisses...Calle, Halle, Sukki

Kea said...

Beautiful, both the poetry and the photo.

Oh, if only someone would write an ode to long johns....LOL.

BTW, thank you for coming to Nicki's b-day party; you helped make it a great day for him!

Gemini and Ichiro said...

You are beautiful in the window!

The Island Cats said...

That was lovely, Noll!!

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

We hope your Sunday was as good as you were hoping.

Angel, Kirby and Max said...

Great forecast. Did the little hummingbirds pack their tiny bags and catch a ride on the Canadian Geese?

moi said...

Beautiful - enjoy these lovely days, Noll!

cats of wildcat woods said...

Lovely verse! Fall is here and we love it!