Autumn in the Colorado Rockies
Photograph taken on the Peak to Peak Highway,
between Estes Park, and Nederland, Co.
Shades of green and sage,
fading fast; they yield and turn
for the Aspens that brandish yellow
golden jewels of Autumn
under a bright, September sun.
Colors shimmer on the pond,
their reflection mirrored back
fill the canvas with shapes and hues
of trees that shiver and soon will drop
those now crisp falling leaves
yielding to the season’s weather,
they gather on the ground.
Joyce E. Johnson (Sept., 2012)
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