Autumn
Mist and fogs and splitting logs
And walking in the forest
Goblins, ghosts and cinnamon toast
The autumn’s now before us
Limerick (Untitled)
My pumpkin patch down near the bog
Is frequently covered in fog
I’m afraid that by gosh
Thieves might steal the squash
Perhaps I should get a gourd dog
Yeast of Our Worries
Two chunks of bread
With love perverse
Went and eloafed
For butter or worse
Conversions
Potato plants – subterranean joys
Converting soil into potatoes
Tomato plants do the same above
Turning earth into tomatoes
A barista said that’s not profound
She converts beans into the ground
Holiday Sales
Stores are starting holiday sales
Earlier than I remember
So I’m expecting after-Christmas sales
Beginning in November
The Shape of Things to Come
The football
Season will dominate soon
A great way to spend a sunny afternoon
Opponents collide, and run and go chasing a ball
They tackle and block and the pigskin sails thru the air. It’s Fall
A halfback runs to the opponent’s end zone – it’s great
Slamming the ball to the turf, players celebrate
And when complete, all of these athletes
Kick the ball to the other side, then
The process repeats itself
Again
Kevin Ahern is an Oregon State University professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics. In his retirement, he writes verses.
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