Back Issue  Fall 2006

            Falling leaves
       smelling Apples
                Leaving summer
                Leaving summer fun

                Taking out rakes
                Halloween is coming
          flags   In the wind
                Nearing winter
                Gathering leaves
        making   Some pie

                                -Tucker Mientka, Age: 9

Tucker lives in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. He plays lacrosse, is an avid fly fisherman, and is also my grandson.

His poem appeared previously in Anthology of Poetry By Young Americans 2002 Vol. 1.