Autumn’s Up
I’m making Halloween eggnog
It only takes a minute
Just like the stuff at Christmas, but
It has more boos in it
PSL Not So Well
Autumn is the time of year
For breaking out one’s sweaters
But if friends obsess with pumpkin spice
Send them season desist letters
Limerick (Untitled)
The student in class in the autumn
Didn’t learn what his art teacher taught him
Of the statue to Frank
She said do not spank
But he had to go hit rock bottom
One Lie-ner
Wayward leaves end up in the gutter
Fall Color
Colorful trees
Wanna spot ‘em?
As for these
We’ve gautumn
Autumn in the Valley
Oh how I love our weather, wow!
The clouds are near the ground
This fog looks like it’s here for now
Why is your face in frown?
There’s beauty in every single day
Grace in every storm
And if the clouds should go away
The temperature gets warm
A Willamette Valley autumn day
The clouds above just melted
A front just passed on through this way
I’m sure you must have felt it
The birds are southward bound again
Cuz Mother Nature’s calling
And we will see her grandeur when
The golden leaves start falling
Kevin Ahern is an Oregon State University professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics. In his retirement, he writes verses.
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