November

Judy Hope

 

 

November and leaves glow like embers

in colours of copper and rusty old nails.
High in the sky white lines catch fire

sun touching far off jet trails.

 

 

Far up above me the wild geese are flying,
ragged black arrows on an icy blue sky.
Oh to go with them when I hear them crying
calling to me to come fly, in November

 

 

The first autumn frosts have left a fine dusting

of magic to cover the world.
Morning sunlight makes pinpricks of bright

shining diamonds, silvery pearls.

 

 

Far up above me the wild geese are flying,
ragged black arrows on an icy blue sky.
Oh to go with them when I hear them crying
calling to me to come fly, in November

 

 

The world seems so still and a finger of chill

is touching and tingling my face.
The air is so clear that the bare bones of trees

make a pattern of black Spanish lace.

 

 

Far up above me the wild geese are flying,
ragged black arrows on an icy blue sky.
Oh to go with them when I hear them crying
calling to me to come fly, in November.

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