Blog : kicking leaves

36 posts
10/4/2009 1:41 am

kicking leaves

I went to the park to kick at the leaves,
They were banded in clusters by whim of the breeze.
The colours on offer filled half of the spectrum
With tangerine sunlight in perfect reflection.

Yellowy-green with olive and lime,
The shades of Autumn were in their prime:
Emerald and copper, some reddened and browned
A seasonal carpet on softening ground.

At first I kicked high with shoes tightly on,
The leaves taking off and floating along.
Then with ambition, a new game to choose,
Off came my socks and off came my shoes.

Now the sensations of which I speak,
Naked in contact, the feeling unique:
With ambiguous texture (part soft, part brittle)
Clearly I felt the tease of a tickle.

They were neither wet nor totally dry
As a soothing warmth crept from toe to thigh.
Ploughing through snow-drifts with faked exertion,
This Sunday game was a vital diversion.

Of all the pleasures, so simple and free,
Kicking the leaves is a favourite for me.

jiminycricket1 74M

13732 posts
10/4/2009 7:51 am

very nice again,

you have a way.

Rocketship 80F

18588 posts
10/4/2009 5:29 am

Autumn is my favourite season!!

What fun!!!!....and a great description!!