ST. CROIX ARTBARN
WRITERS GUILD
Sounds Of Summer Are Gone
by  N.E. Nelson
copyright © Protected by stcroixartbarn.com 
 
Now leafless oak branches rub against each other   scrape and creak
as cold winds blow   fallen leaves dance through air   cart-wheeling
across house shingles   everything has a crisp-cold sound to it  
a time of rest air about it
 
and drying coneflower stalks   
bend and snap  pile atop one another  
and every few moments another snowball leaf  drops its red/green self  
another shrub-rose leaf  decides to let go  
and cattails explode   white down floats by  
in crazed windy flight
 
Crows fly quiet circles  wood ducks head south
and tall yellow grasses sing the sounds of autumn
 
11.10.05 

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Osceola, WI 54020

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Turn east at the Osceola High School.
715-294-ARTS(2787)( WI)
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