Rain drops
running down
the window pane
Water pooling
On roadways and
driveways
Dry fields
Soaking up moisture
Temps dropping into
The forties
Wind comes up
Sneaking its way
Through the sash
Leaving the chill behind
As it sucks the warmth
From the room
Woodstove
Cracking and popping
As it warms
From the newly lit
Wood chunks
Chopped last year
Bout this time
Rocker, shawl, hot cocoa
Warm the insides
Fallow time
Is coming.
In the "Wilds of Wisconsin & Cornfields of Iowa" 