Not My Favorite Month

October is not my favorite month

But I’ve come to love bits of it.

I don’t like carving Jack O’Lanterns

But I love October luminaria.

I don’t like pumpkin seeds

But like pumpkin bread.

I don’t like soaped windows, or egged cars

But I love the trickless treat.

I don’t like raking fallen leaves

But I love how summer dies

In scarlet, apricot and gold.

#OctoberPoetry #AutumnPoetry