Sam Alexandra Rose

Tag: fall

  • Creeping

    cunning copper creeping,
    auburn shadows stalking leaves
    like urban predators –
    grasping and smothering
    them with tentacles, tangling
    emerald with marigold,
    pine and pear with honey,
    mustard with pumpkin,
    meshing garnet with caramel
    and dusky cinnamon
    with avocado.
    raw, rustic rainbow.
    leaves flush from green to gold,
    faces glistening as they are pulled
    from summer’s artichoke-hold.

  • Orange October

    I hold a deep love for October:
    the beginning, the constant.
    the cosy warmth swaddling us
    against the fast-approaching winter.
    October is orange in the trees, orange
    falling to the ground, orange
    lighting up the sky.
    Carving out contentment in pumpkins
    for the very first time. Singing and
    dancing and carefree, slippers and
    dressing gowns, excitement entangled
    in comfort and certitude.