New Classic Poems – Contemporary Verse That Rhymes

New Classic Poems
Family Matters
End of Season
Neil Harding McAlister
In loving memory of Zerakhanu Kassam, 1927 - 2003
The sunset shatters on the lake.
Its shards impale our dazzled eyes,
As into myriad pieces break
Reflections of the fiery skies.
A chill foreboding rides the wind.
The nervous birch and poplar shiver,
While all along the shoreline’s bend
The fading water lilies wither.
The glory shall be quickly lost
That crowns the flaming maple trees.
Wise refugees from early frost,
A vee of geese now southward flees.
A vacant chair waits on the lawn
That slopes down gently to the shore,
Recalling summers come and gone.
She cannot stay to greet one more.
Another circuit ‘round the sun
Has traced another passing year.
Our seasons vanish, one by one –
And all too soon, December’s here.
How is it, in these dying days,
That evening skies should burn so bright
Too brief this desperate, Autumn blaze
That heralds Winter’s solemn night.
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