Autumn in Flight



When the wind sounds within every crack round your door,

and teasing he whistles like never before.

Driving me out of my peaceful refrain,

as trees now bow to the bellowing rain.

Who ever said that autumn would come,

shutting old summer out till quite won.

Brown leaves that scatter reflected in light,

with yellows and golds of Autumn in flight.

The crisp crunch of leaves under my foot,

whirling around as the wind starts to rut.

Stabbing and taunting the Autumnal sky,

the clouds in a frenzy from their vantage on high.

The spirit of Autumn and death to renew,

new life from old and the green stems so true.

True to the cycle; this mystical flight,

the seasons own being within inner sight.
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Written on May 06, 2018

Submitted by Andrew_siddle on June 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A A B B X X C C X X D D E E C C
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 708
Words 155
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Andrew Siddle

I am an amateur poet who writes in my spare time. By profession I am a Property Consultant. I research, and contribute towards, academic matters relating to Property and land law in the UK and also deal with land and property technical matters in Practice. Through both public policy research, within the Centre for Urban & Regional Studies,and my own external research interests I was one of a number of contributors paving the way for the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 back in the 1990's. Andrew Siddle more…

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