Poem of the Week: Autumn Leaves

This week's poem is a really fun one! The language is nonsensical and full of whimsy. Look at the words "tumbledown" and "snappety" and "stompy" - what fun the poet must have had creating these words to describe the journey of a leaf as it falls down from the tree!


Autumn Leaves by Eve Merriam
Down
down
down
Red
yellow
brown
Autumn leaves tumble down,
Autumn leaves crumble down,
Autumn leaves bumble down,
Flaking and shaking
Tumbledown leaves.

Skittery
Flittery
Rustle by
Hustle by
Crackle and crunch
In a snappety bunch.

Run and catch,
Run and catch,
Butterfly leaves
Sailboat leaves.
Can you catch them?

Scoop
Swoop
Pile them up
In a stompy pile and
Jump, jump
JUMP.