“Elysian Way by Stewart Stafford

An eviction deadline decree,
A woodpecker broadcast,
Winter, the incoming actor,
About to enter a clean stage.

The powder blue sky framed,
Fall's aurum, russet and ochre,
Dripping opalescent raindrops,
A red wedding's spangled confetti.

Leaves shushed and shimmered,
In moving vertical waves of surf,
Trees shrugged slowly to begin,
The organic haircut of the ages.

Leaves plunged, spun and floated,
Fallen comrades littered the grass,
Half-assed, surprise resurrections,
As swirling spectral mini vortexes.

© Stewart Stafford, 2022. All rights reserved”