Autumn Poem (not sure of author)

“Jack O’Lanterns on porches, crudely carved, ferocious faces

Curling candle-smoke creeping, from evil cut eyes.

Hands held up, as in prayer, to crackling fireplaces.

Aroma of allspice waft from plump pumpkin pies.

Scary face masks, held tight with elastic laces

Glow-in-the-dark costumes and makeup on cheeks,

Whiskers and fangs on happy flushed faces

Toddlers and grown-ups made to look like monsters and freaks.

Harvest moons, hay rides, black and orange crêpe paper

Baskets of candy, All Hallows Eve conditions

Spooky dark old houses, await young toilet-paper drapers

Witches and goblins and appalling apparitions.

Cold swirling winds, twirling leaves in the lane

Clinging and quivering, with rattling/rustling sound.

A few golden stubborn stalwarts, in tall trees still remain,

In anxious anticipation of delicate decent to the ground.

Haystacks and cornstalks, frost on panes.

Candy corn and mincemeat pie on dining room tables.

Early evening walks o’er leaf-covered lanes.

Apple cider sipped from mason jars without labels.

Once the strutting Tom Turkey, now reclines in the oven.

Scarecrows wave back, so dapper and smiling sweet

Exuding the aura that everyone’s lovin’.

Crisp air numbs your noses, toes and feet.

Summer, Winter and Spring are beautiful seasons

And in them, I find so much of delight,

But Autumn's the season that has all the reasons

Because everything about it

Seems to Fall just right!