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# Autumn
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/autumn/
- Published: 2022-09-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: "Dear Autumn", Summer said, "please choose a name that's shorter and much easier to spell." And Winter added, echoing the same: "Indeed, please do, and simpler in the tell."
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

"Dear Autumn", Summer said, "please choose a name  
that's shorter and much easier to spell."  
And Winter added, echoing the same:  
"Indeed, please do, and simpler in the tell."

"I like my name", said Autumn, but the Spring  
chimed in with its characteristic charm:  
(the rumor has it, they've had quite a fling)  
"C'mon, dear Autumn, truly, what's the harm?"

So Autumn, thus persuaded, worked to choose  
a name that would be pleasing to the ear,  
and easier to spell among "who's who"'s  
and worthy of a poet's doting cheer.

But on occasion, it enjoys just Autumn.  
The leaves descend, as always, to the bottom.