Autumn Aria

Overhead and underneathAutumn spreads wreath over wreathWraps the shiver of earth’s eavesIn an ambience of leaves Where vermilion lamplight flicksOn gazillion woodland wicksWhere the poet cannot snareThe full essence of the flare For ink cannot catch the sighOf Autumn’s Leaf-LullabyOr the dance of sun and rainAcross landscape's counterpane Or the sweeping surge of seasHidden by a verge of treesOr the orchestra that slippedFrom a stage that windsong stripped © Janet Martin