15th October - a month of autumn to Halloween

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Poetry for October

October
by Robert Frost

O hushed October morning mild,
Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;
Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild,
Should waste them all.
The crows above the forest call;
Tomorrow they may form and go.
O hushed October morning mild,
Begin the hours of this day slow.
Make the day seem to us less brief.
Hearts not averse to being beguiled,
Beguile us in the way you know.
Release one leaf at break of day;
At noon release another leaf;
One from our trees, one far away.
Retard the sun with gentle mist;
Enchant the land with amethyst.
Slow, slow!
For the grapes’ sake, if they were all,
Whose leaves already are burnt with frost,
Whose clustered fruit must else be lost-
For the grapes’ sake along the wall.

Pictures for October
The second pic? That's not autumn leaves, that's autumn sunshine through the peeling bark on my favourite copper birch tree. *g*



I can't resist adding an extra one of this bark - how gorgeous?!




And an autumn-full moon in the window to finish... *g*

Prosfic for October
I finished Of Angels and Angles yesterday, and started Ellis Ward's Killing Notes, which very fittingly is set in October!

...and the Lads!
And today's picture is from Minori - here's her autumn lads...