Birds also accumulate fat, which they use during migration when they fly for long uninterrupted periods. We also start our winter preparations in fall. Chilly fall days call for sweaters, scarves, and gloves. Fall is a good time to check heating, electrical, and plumbing systems, clean fireplaces, stock wood for wood-burning stoves, and check heating oil supplies. The Language of Fall Poets often find inspiration in nature and the seasons.
Autumn is no exception.
Read the following poems and think about the poets' reactions to this season of transition. Her pleasure will not let me stay. She's glad the birds are gone away, She's glad her simple worsted grey Is silver now with clinging mist. The desolate deserted trees, The faded earth, the heavy sky, The beauties she so truly sees, She thinks I have no eye for these, And vexes me for reason why. The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples, And leaves of every name.