AUTUMN LEAVES
LEAVES ON TREES
AE TURNING RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, PURPLE AND BROWN
AS THE SUN GOES DOWN
IT'S COLDER AND COLDER EVERY DAY
AS WINTER'S ON ITS WAY
AS THE SUN RISES
WHAT SURPRISES!
THE LEAVES ARE FALLING DOWN
TO THE GROUND
AS ALL THE CHILDREN LAUGH AND PLAY
TILL IT TURNS INTO ANOTHER DAY
CHILDREN JUMPING IN LEAVES
AND ENJOYING THE BREEZE
AS THE SUN SETS
WE CUDDLE OUR PETS
IN THE MORNING, WOW, I STARE
THE TREES ARE BARE
AND AUTUMN LEAVES SCATTERED EVERYWHERE
OH MY I SWEAR
WHAT A WONDERFUL SIGHT
PEOPLE RAKE THEIR YARDS
AND MAKE CHRISTMAS CARDS
PEOPLE GO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
AS KIDS GO CHRISTMAS HOPPING
AS TODAY TURNS TO ANOTHER
WE CUDDLE EACH OTHER
THEN ONE DAY I CAN'T BELIEVE MY EYES
WHAT LIES ON THE GROUND
OH MY! IT'S SNOW!
TI'S REALLY SNOWING
OH WHAT WONDERFUL SIGHTS
CHILDREN HAVING SNOWBALL FIGHTS
THE DAYS COME CLOSER AND CLOSER TO CHRISTMAS
THEN IT CAME TO CHRISTMAS EVE
NOT ONE AUTUMN LEAF
LEFT ON THE GROUND
KIDS TWIRL AROUND
AS THEIR MOMS TELL THEM TO SETTLE DOWN
THEN THEY GO TO BED
LEAVING COOKIES AND MILK FOR SANTA
THEN PEOPLE WAKE UP IN THE MORNING
AND START UNWRAPPING
AS KIDS ARE HAPPY
THEN AS THE SNOW STARTS TO MELT
WE REMEMBER HOW WE FELT
THEN LEAVES TURN GREEN
AS WE EAT GREEN BEANS
NOW IT'S SUMMER
I WONDER WHY SUMMER GOES BY SO QUICK
AS CHILDREN LICK POPSICLES
BUT NOW AGAIN LEAVES ON TREES
TURN RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, PURPLE AND BROWN
AS THE SUN GOES DOWN
NOW WE REMEMBER THE AUTUMN LEAVES
AND IT HAPPENS ALL OVER AGAIN!
My daughter wrote this poem when she was barely 10 years old in Grade 4.
finickyfeline70
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