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Ole October

​Ole October's purt' nigh gone,
And the frosts is comin' on
Little heavier every day--
Like our hearts is thataway!
Leaves is changin' overhead
Back from green to gray and red,
Brown and yeller, with their stems
Loosenin' on the oaks and e'ms;
And the balance of the trees
Gittin' balder every breeze--
Like the heads we're scratchin' on!
Ole October's purt' nigh gone.
 
I love Ole October so,
I can't bear to see her go--
Seems to me like losin' some
Old-home relative er chum--
'Pears like sorto' settin' by
Some old friend 'at sigh by sigh
Was a-passin' out o' sight
Into everlastin' night!
Hickernuts a feller hears
Rattlin' down is more like tears
Drappin' on the leaves below--
I love Ole October so!
 
Can't tell what it is about
Ole October knock me out--!
I sleep well enough at night--
And the blamedest appetite
Ever mortal man possessed--,
Last thing et, it tastes the best--!
Warnuts, butternuts, pawpaws,
'Iles and limbers up my jaws
Fer raal service, sich as new
Pork, spareribs, and sausage, too--.
Yit fer all, they's somepin' 'bout
Ole October knocks me out!

by James Whitcomb Riley

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    • About O, Sweet Nature
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  • Bodyworks
    • Seated for Meditation
    • Year of Making Herbal Medicines
  • Art
    • Home Gallery >
      • Watercolors
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      • Drawings
      • Additional Sources
      • About the Artist
    • On Drawing Trees and Nature
  • Articles
    • Earth Poetry >
      • A Farewell Song
      • And My Heart Soars
      • Earth Our Mother
      • Ole October
      • On Cold Mountain
      • Teach Your Children
      • We Have Forgotten Who We Are
      • When the Animals Come
      • Wild Geese
    • Composition for Landscapes
    • Papers for Watercolors
    • Botanical Illustration Tutorial
    • Dry Brush Blending
    • How To Write Haiku Poetry
    • Careers for Creatives
    • Informational articles
    • Your Creative Self
    • Haiku Voice of a Thousand X >
      • Murasaki Poetry
      • Haiku Classic Poetry
  • Blog
  • Contact