Autumn

 

 

Autumn

 

autumn’s leaves too early

shifting colors

dancing chaos

spinning

in the wind, with gusts

and long fingers

that frost my hair—

 

autumn,

pushing me to winter

 

nature,

she does not forget

 

God,

i

too

 

am changed by her

  

 

Donald Dean Mace

  

Donald Dean Mace is an artist, poet, guitarist and freelance writer living and working quietly in Yuma, Arizona.  He has travelled the world extensively (Europe, Africa and Asia) and in the 1980’s and 1990’s he lived and worked in Germany for a total of 10 years.  He is currently working on a novel.  He has been published by Ariel Chart, the Yuma Daily Sun, the Arizona Western College Literary Magazine, and his poetry was featured in a public service broadcast.  He is Pushcart Award nominee for poetry and he was a guest on Mark Antony Rossi’s podcast, Strength to be Human.