Today the sassafras changed.
From morning to late afternoon
Transforming from that crispy late summer dull green
To something
Different.
Did they come to some sort of arboreal consensus?
Were there joint task force committee meetings to decide?
And once it was settled, when every tree was in agreement,
Did they each select from the catalogue of colors
To choose their autumn display?
Deep crimson, lemon yellow, day glo orange,
Odd orangefuchsiapink-
Each tree then their own individual
Creativity allowed to be displayed
On leaves of three different shapes.
Not unlike the gingko tree,
Whose billows of delicately shaped sweet green leaves
Will unanimously choose one day
To turn stunningly yellow.
Every small fan of this magnificent tree
Will change seemingly overnight.
Just as they will all elect
Some days later
To fall
In one accord.
thecourseofourseasons 
arboreal consensus…. ha! that made me chuckle… what a lovely poem, Kathleen, and such a spark of humor 🙂
Thanks, my friend – so happy it made you smile! K
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haha…at least the trees can agree on somethings instead of allowing the commitees to fall into debate over many a season without ever coming to an accord….why we are lucky there is no fillabuster….smiles…lol…sorry you poem had a little fun with me…a nice capture of the season…
Thanks, Brian – glad you liked it! K
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Just a wonderful writing from my friend, Kathleen! The Course of Our Seasons
Joanie – it is wonderful that you liked this enough to reblog! You are a peach! K
Beautiful – Sunday they were still mostly green at Boxley – today they are a warm orange.
Hard to believe how fast they have changed this year – and who knew! – everybody was saying this would be a bad year for color!
You never know – if the rain is late enough we still have a shot. I’m so glad – it’s nice after a brown summer.
Absolutely – today I kept running off the road on the way to work – just wanted to drive around looking at trees! : )
Me too – unfortunately my morning drive is too dark most of the time – this time of year I could shoot all day.