Autumn With Dog by Gregory Luce

Written By Saharsh Satheesh

Some say autumn’s not

the season of dying

but rather of life renewing—

to be honest, I just now

thought that, scuffing

through the dead leaves,

Bella in the lead. Who knows

what her nose might turn up

even now under those leaves,

or what, after they decompose

into soil, might be found

next spring?

Gregory Luce is the author of Signs of Small Grace, Drinking Weather, Memory and Desire, Tile, and Riffs & Improvisations. He has published poems widely in print and online. In addition, he writes a monthly column on the arts for Scene4 magazine. Retired from National Geographic, he works as a volunteer writing tutor/mentor for 826DC, and lives in Arlington, VA.

Saharsh Satheesh
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