Show so 50 many reasons for a thanksgiving heart now will I 1 utter thanksgiving for the berries on tile kinni kinle slowly redden and the intricate leaves of the wild geranium are scarlet gree for the willows in the canyon oro bright bronze and the aspens ashens softly clash their golden cymbals awny ing to ahe rush of the waters seeds of the clematis are tangled bulls balls of pule pale silk against gray walls barberra bar berr and woodbine show sudden sparks among their green tonight over the darkening mountains bains 9 tho the barp half hoop of tile the young moon upright in the western sky and red arcturus burns through the early dusk s across the years annihilating time a poet speaks of autumn I 1 am silent listening for his eboli of small gnats seeing the baard clouds that lie he loved thanksgiving for the rich labors of suin summer mer thanksgiving tor for this pause of fruition thanksgiving for the brave work ahead and the need to be strong I 1 will utter thanksgiving now clara morris in christian science monitor |