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# Boom
- URL: https://www.yacubdavidsmith.com/boom/
- Published: 2026-10-17T06:21:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-17T06:57:51.000Z
- Author: yacub david smith
- Tags: Poetry, A Long Walk to Autumn

The chorus of thundering  
cannons announcing the day,  
the grass on the hills  
and woods set in sway,  
Autumn like armies  
in red, orange and blue,  
charges directly  
and bursts into view—

Colours and crispness,  
the air and the mist,  
along an old river  
that meanders and twists,  
so suited and ready,  
speechless we stand,  
letting autumn’s bright leafage  
flow through our hands.

So upward we climb  
to the Seiser Alm,  
where windows of wonder  
unfold in the calm,  
the larches stand ready,  
the cameras are aimed,  
but limestone giants  
will not be contained—  
  
The road back to Meran,  
now silent in sun,  
winds through the woods  
where the colours still run,  
a few hours to spend  
till the guns start to sound,  
announcing the day’s end  
as armies lie down.

Meran/Merano, Italy  
October 15, 2026