Autumn is Here
Autumn is Here!
Fall tells the same story all over again,
Bursting with fire, wind, laughter, and rain;
Enchanting in colors of orange and brown,
Aglow in the splendor of leaves falling down.
I hear her still calling, haphazardly so,
To the Scarlets and Maples, to have them let go.
And again at this season, the best of the year,
I’m alive in creation, for Autumn in here!
The season is autumn, and the time is here
To reap many blessings of sowing past years.
We have weathered the storms and by faith we’ve conceived
And with gratefulness we acknowledge God’s best we’ve received.
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Autumn is the season between summer and winter. In the time span of life, autumn is retirement. It’s also the season of harvest. That’s where I am right now – reaping some harvest, and still sowing seeds.
Gertrude M. Slabach, circa 1981. One day in a writing class, the instructor read portions of stories and poetry from different writers. She asked us to write down words we heard that struck a chord in us. When that was done, she told us to take those words and write a poem or vignette, using those words. This poem is the result of that writing exercise in 1981 at WVU in Morgantown, WV. The last verse was penned in 2025.
