Welcome are your cool embraces <br />Fond farewell to summer's traces <br />Country drives to scenic places <br />Painted trees with fiery faces <br />Longer strides at brisker paces. It feels good to be alive! Children in their proper places <br />School supplies and new shoelaces <br />Flying kites in open spaces <br />Pumpkins carved with scary faces <br />Wish lists stored in secret places, <br />Counting the days till winter Tawny autumn's sultry spell <br />County fairs we love so well <br />Handmade quilts displayed with pride <br />Carousel and Ferris rides, <br />"Try your luck and win a prize!" <br />Maple syrup, homemade pies <br />Produce, livestock, lots of flies, <br />Fiddlers plucking, babies napping <br />Picnics under azure skies, <br />Simple pleasures, simpler times.<br /><br />Devorah Seidenfeld<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/autumn-simple-pleasures/
