Autumn Picture--By Gert Knop, Germany and Jack Horne, England

NOVEMBER'S SECOND SPECIAL FEATURE
           COLLABORATIVE POEM

Autumn Picture

By Gert Knop, Germany and Jack Horne, England

The cold wind of November

drives thoughts

like fleeing clouds.

In front of ancient walls,

gray and deserted,

paint trees

their cheerful colours

of red and yellow.

First storms

signalise themselves

with leaden clouds.

And light rain

falls above autumnal meadows

Cool evenings;

folk shuffle through frost-crisp leaves,

the moon haloed in the clear sky,

and the scent of wood-smoke

in the air.

Gloved hands are warm

but their cold cheeks are ruddy

by the time

they reach home,

to close the curtains

and sit by the fireside,

with hot tea and buttered crumpets.

Ahhhhh...