11 Poems to Help Us Embrace the Changes of Fall
I don’t know about you, but my heart is ready for a new season and the hope that can be found there. As the summer ends, our perspective starts to shift right alongside the changing leaves. While summer inspires adventure and sunshine, fall encourages change and transition. I hope these poems get you excited for all the special experiences autumn has to offer and remind you of the beauty of letting go and falling forward into new seasons and opportunities.
1. Jai Gaurangi
“Autumn days are for watching
the way auburn leaves fall and
kiss the earth to show
that the trees have made peace
with letting go.”
2. Tianna
“Before I rise,
like a phoenix from the ashes
or a blossom from a barren winter branch,
I must learn to dance in the burning
of each golden falling leaf.”
3. word_enchantress
“The morning moon
dressed in its misty cloak.
The dance of leaves
in the golden haze
of the rising sun.
Wind whispered melodies
of new beginnings.
Autumn mornings
are poetry.”
4. lovelylittlepoem
“September held its breath
so I could crave the crisp,
saffron silky skies,
cinnamon scented mist.
Burnt orange whirls
autumnal chills to stroll,
home for hot sweet casserole,
September warm my soul.”
5. Alfa
“She had an Autumn Soul.
Gloriously beautiful
to look upon…
and dying every second
piece by piece.”
6. Parm K.C.
“Seasons
i think you must have a bit of autumn in your soul
the way you let those dead pieces of your heart
fall away
only to make room for the new
time and time again”
7. Jessica Fiona
“Some stories are
ending in autumn.
Like the leaves,
falling to the ground.
Endings are born
in autumn.
And the fallen leaves
are goodbye kisses”
8. Tiffany Aurora
“WEEP
Maybe one morning sweet,
like the autumn trees as they
bid goodbye to their beloved leaves
& make way for winter’s sleep,
along with all of the promises
spring has yet to keep,
I too, will find beauty in the way
dying things weep.”
9. Simon Colinson
“if anything
autumn is a reminder
that there is an end to everything,
you will bloom again.”
10. Fizza Fatima
“The Haunting Poem
there is a wanting
of a poem
that settles
itself over my skin
it peers
from my shadow
looking over
my shoulder
there is a wanting
of a poem
in this house
called a body
that laments
as it floats
through
empty
there is a wanting
of a poem
in the dark
in the cold
there is a wanting of a poem
this season.”
11. Raquel Franco
“And the sun took a step back,
the leaves lulled themselves to sleep
and Autumn was awakened.”
Autumn is a season for transformation and a time to acknowledge the ache in our souls as we let go of the warmth of what was and enter into the cold unknown of what’s to come. But there is so much beauty in the crisp air and in the golden hues in the skies and the leaves surrounding us. Change is coming, and I hope that it will be enough to warm your heart and rekindle the embers of hope in your soul. May this fall be a beautiful time to move forward together, embracing change and challenging our hearts to do the same.
