Summer Won't Let Go! Poem by Deanna Samuels

Summer just does not want to leave
Though autumn close upon its sleeve
Long gone mid-October, the sun remains with great warmth
Keeping back the usual chills so late in current month

Only now, the Canadian maple turning to a fiery glow
Those luminous trees standing majestically in field or street row
Remaining summer foliage reluctant in their change to autumn dress
Basking in the late summer sun's warming caress

Shorts and T's still popular and continue to be worn
Though some now showing signs of being frayed or even torn
Patio meals remain popular and appear to be in full swing
Diners relaxing, enjoying last warm rays of evening singe

Farmers working overtime, harvesting with dry surround
Bringing in bales of golden corn neatly bound
Perhaps for some crops and fields could be their last grow
As developments encroach with concrete overspill, overflow

Farm animals sleep and lazily graze in the fields
An abundance of tall succulent grasses still yields
Horses frolic in wide open meadows and roomy paddocks
Happy with such freedom, stretching hoof and fetlocks

Harvest fairs extra busy, dry and bathed in glorious sunshine
Plump orange pumpkins bring out crowds in weather so sublime
Outdoor games and golf delay their gates from winter closing
Every day a bonus with extra playing hours they duly bring

The forecast still, at this very moment of time
Tells that the barometer is holding steady to this prime
Everyone, get out and about, take advantage of this Indian Summer autumn
Before the grip of winter overtakes and these balmy days are long forgotten


Written at Richmond Hill, Ontario - 21st October 2017