T. E. Niemi is a resident of New Hampshire. He writes screenplays, stories and poems. His poems have appeared in The Galway Review, Confingo magazine, Spectrum, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Inkfish Magazine, and elsewhere. His debut poetry chapbook, At Night and Other Poems, was published by Bottlecap Press in 2024.

Autumn Song

The trees, the trees are weeping
     tears of orange, red and gold.
What sorrows were they keeping
     that they now no longer hold?

In gray skies that are yearning
     for the warmth of summer’s sun,
the honking geese cry warning
     of the frigid nights to come.

And soon within the forest,
     silence will supersede sound,
when animals seek their rest
     in warm burrows underground.

Then all of my thoughts will turn,
     as they have each fall before,
to all those for whom I yearn,
     to the lost who are no more.