Parting the tender way for Winter, <br />tan blades of crunchy grass kneel, <br />succumbing to the crisp breeze, <br />dividing the line of old and new. <br /> <br />Against airy, snow filled clouds, <br />raucous flocks prepare their exodus, <br />leaving behind vacant homes of summer <br />in naked bending branches of oaks. <br /> <br />Laughter fills the cool afternoon air, <br />the song of innocent children playing; <br />yesterday passes - today promises <br />rainbow leaves in heaps to throw about. <br /> <br />Squirrels don their wooly hazel coats, <br />watching attentively from fissures above; <br />their acorns stored away in neat clusters. <br />Unclothed trees cast skeletal shadows, <br />as a single leaf holds on for dear life. <br /> <br /> <br />http: //allpoetry.com/poem/4586493 (with picture)<br /><br />Kim Schilling<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/welcoming-winter/
