Poet's Platform Column | 20 Sept. 07 by Janet Nesler | The Scioto Voice | Wheelersburg, Ohio

AUTUMN"S BLESSING Summer's parching sun is setting, Orange-gold leaves wave against the autumn sky, Beauty beyond description, unfolding, The morning air is crisp and dry. I am seeing from my window, Fading flowers with heads bent low, Mums and Asters bright as noonday, Colorful gardens in fall's familiar glow. Autumn is the time for reaping, Brought on by summer's sun and rain, We are grateful for God's promise, Nature's beauty, food and grain. Summer's life is quickly waning, Birds are packing up to go, Nature's handiwork is changing, Soon northwestern winds will blow. Virginia Davis Wiseman Cicero, Indiana   Cinquain Jar flies Hollering loud Fall signs summers fading September wish feelings heart felt Thanks God Maybell Criswell South Point, OH   Cinquain Fall hues Draped everywhere September songs playing In sounds from the valley below Frog tunes Maybell Criswell South Point, OH   A September Rain Softly falls this needed September rain Chasing away the hot days of Summer With these hot and dry days now past July and August have been a bummer Grasses on our lawns no longer exist All we see is a blanket of dirty Brown Worse than we see in the wintertime Needed is a lot of rain to pour down Even the trees show a lack of water Some leaves are now on the ground I walked in the forest a few days ago Each step made a crunching sound Soon the nights will be much cooler With a raised window we will sleep Autumn will soon be coming our way A season many wish they could keep Acie Workman Eden Park