Even though my heart is really not into it, I know today that I must turn the page on my calendar and greet October with open arms. I know I have to do this because October wants to stay and get comfy and has no plans to go anywhere at all.
Don’t get me wrong, October is a good month full of Halloween decorations and candy, warm weather that’s still sometimes good enough for shorts and flip flops but then it usually turns into chilly weather towards the end of the month inviting us to wrap ourselves in soft blankets and sweaters.
I already feel the shift in the weather with the days growing shorter and soon winter and the holidays will be upon us. But for now there is October and all of her glorious changes.
The poem below, written by George Cooper, helps me think of this month as an environmental party if you will, changing the nuances of my vision of October. Instead of seeing it as a month that takes me further away from my beloved Summer, Cooper’s images in his beautiful poem suggest October as a time of play and preparing for change.
Fall is here so let’s go with it and see what lovelies Mother Nature creates!
“October’s Party”
October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came-
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
The Chestnuts came in yellow,
The Oaks in crimson dressed;
The lovely Misses Maple
In scarlet looked their best;
All balanced to their partners,
And gaily fluttered by;
The sight was like a rainbow
New fallen from the sky.
Then, in the rustic hollow,
At hide-and-seek they played,
The party closed at sundown,
And everybody stayed.
Professor Wind played louder;
They flew along the ground;
And then the party ended
In jolly “hands around.”
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