SOMETHING TOLD...

SOMETHING TOLD THE WILD GEESE 

by Rachel Field ( 1894-1934) From her collection "Branches Green" published in 1934

(This is my favourite Fall poem...)

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...

Photographs 2026 (Poem is in the public domain)