From Catch Up With Summer, published in 2015.
Portent
These days
acorns
fat, solid acorns
find themselves crunched under my feet
more often than I would have thought
this still being summer
but I guess that
now is the time to prepare for
winter
if I can say that word or
even think it
on such a hot, sunny day
I do know
I am hearing the acorns say it.
Bur oak acorns, 2017.
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The acorns have not yet started to drop out of my oak tree but my neighbour’s tree is almost devoid of leaves already. We are definitely on the cusp of a season.
I’ve been crunching acorns in the park and I see walnuts coming down too…fall is just getting started, I am happy about that!
Yes, the black walnuts are everywhere on the ground. I love that citrus smell that comes off them. I have seen other acorns down too but my oak seems to be clinging on for a bit longer.
Thousand Oaks, where I live, the oaks are beginning to shed their acorns too. I love the little acorn caps.
Ever since I was little I have thought acorns were perfection. Love their shape and the varieties they come in, big, small, shiny, and even some with a hairy look.