Comment on this article

The First Frost

by Judith K. Witherow

 

 

Hold back,

Hold back I say.

   

Be slow to trample

over gardens

green and yielding

awesome bounty

 without ceasing.

 

Cloak still in warmth

the fragrant rose

and mighty sunflower

bent ground-low with

 swollen seed.

 

And cast no shadow

on the leaf

that when removed

will crazy-quilt

 its summer sheen.

 

Nor toe dance across

the mountaintop

swirling and whirling

leaving winter

 in your wake.

 

Hold back,

 Hold back I say.



Return to:

[New] [Archives] [Join] [Contact Us] [Poetry in Motion] [Store] [Staff] [Guidelines]