Feuilles d’Automne

Foliage at Hubbard Lake

Poème d’Automne

The autumn leaves

Are too heavy with color.

The slender trees

On the Vulcan Road

Are dressed in scarlet and gold

Like young courtesans

Waiting for their lovers.

But soon

The winter winds

Will strip their bodies bare

And then

The sharp, sleet-stung

Caresses of cold

Will be their only

Love.

-Langston Hughes

Last week Rett and I experienced “young courtesans” around Hubbard Lake before they shed their clothes and before the “sharp, sleet-stung” winds scattered them across the quay.

Autumn’s beauty was spectacular!

I offer a performance by Giulia Falcone. Click the link below.:

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