Poet's Platform Column | 30 Oct. 08 by Janet Nesler | The Scioto Voice | Wheelersburg, Ohio

Autumn Falling Bright leaves breaking From the limb As if acting On a whim. Acorns bounding from the oak like young bullocks from a yoke. Ripe persimmons Go kerplop When the frost And mercury drop. Chestnut kernels Split the burr For a waiting Him or her. Every object Knows the calling And joins in The autumn falling. Paul Salyers Olive Hill, KY From: “The Big Ones That Nearly Got Away”   Spooky Winds (Triolet) The leaves now dance and rattle On the Eve of Halloween. Too dry and old for winter’s battle, The poplar leaves now dance and rattle. The spooky just tease and tattle; In vain they try to change the scene. The poplar leaves now dance and rattle On the Eve of Halloween. Paul Salyers Olive Hill, Ky From Pardon Me Emily   Haiku Small batman with sack Looking for a sweet surprise Innocence at work Janet Nesler Sciotoville   Haiku Tiny black cat stalks Neath fullness of harvest moon Meows trick or treat Janet Nesler Sciotoville   Cinquain Down down Come the old leaves Never to be back on Until another spring again Is here Maybelle Criswell South Point, OH