Eagerly awaiting fall
I am the breeze that nudges leaves
from maple trees gone flaming red
and soon I’m wind with strength to sway
the pirouetting pointed leaves
of elms and their slow slides to yellow
in October’s shortening days
falling to faint but joyful echoes
of spring and summer’s lively songs
and muted swinging orchestras
their dark and richly mellow woodwinds
serenading leafless trees
so that once more my gusts spark crackling
crisping leaves to dance in flames
renewing fall’s old phoenix games
Poem by Ralph La Rosa
Ralph La Rosa has published work on American writers, written for film and fiction, now devoting himself to poetry, having published widely on the Internet, in print journals, in the chapbook Sonnet Stanzas, and in a full-length collection, Ghost Trees. My Miscellaneous Muse: Poem Pastiches & Whimsical Words was published in May 2020.