Fair Vermont

fair Vermont with all the staples
lakeside lodge -- the scarlet maples
will soon shed their fall attire
but for now the hill's on fire
as the trees reflect below
lodge is bathing in their glow

most have come for peace and quiet
though some labor to deny it
claim they're just here for the season
need no other rhyme or reason
then October in the air
and November's almost there

but a few will try to capture
thrill, intoxicate, enrapture:
being there, they feel a duty
to attempt and  share its beauty
to portray it in repose…
count me among one of those