Nature Notes and Signs of the Season

Visit Michelle at the refreshing Nature Notes Thursday for a new look at the world.

SOMETHING TOLD THE WILD GEESE

Rachel Field

Something told the wild geese

It was time to go.

Though the fields lay golden

Something whispered, -- "Snow."

Leaves were green and stirring,

Berries, luster-glossed,

But beneath warm feathers

Something cautioned, -- "Frost."

All the sagging orchards

Steamed with amber spice,

But each wild breast stiffened

At remembered ice.

Something told the wild geese

It was time to fly, --

Summer sun was on their wings,

Winter in their cry.