</>Sky a precocious November-ed <br />Gray, laced with threads of cadet blue <br /> <br />Dark billowed clouds angled half below <br />Majesty’s now, golden English Mountain <br /> <br />The rest billowing into the grayed heavens <br />Sheared weak thermal st ratifications <br /> <br />Yet, an extraordinary touchable <br />String to Trinity’s atmospheric heart <br /> <br />Chestnut’s Hills dressed warmly in fall hues <br />Adorn her feet in shades of gold and red <br /> <br />Cedars’ sweetly scented evergreen presence <br />Connects head and heart to everlasting life <br /> <br />Delicate laced limbs reach high above <br />Revealing the occasional straggler <br /> <br />Now, a striking golden contrast against <br />A promised wintering grayed sky <br /> <br />Black walnut trees' citrus-y scented globes <br />Drop and hide amongst the scattered crackling leaves <br /> <br />Mr. Gambol’s crepe myrtles now neon-ed, brilliant <br />Orange like Love’s light - filled radiant face <br /> <br />Steep yellowed hills all so freshly cut <br />Earth’s bounty carefully squirreled away <br /> <br />Winters nourishment gathered with our <br />Most mortal hands while singing praise above<br /><br />Debora Short<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-precocious-november-ed-gray-sky-couplets/
