Inspiring Autumn Quotes, Poetry and Art – a Season to Fall for

This lovely autumn art of leaves hanging on a line in our feature image is by the very talented visual artist, Mary Ballesteros, a member of the iCreateDaily community. Enjoy our growing collection of inspiring autumn quotes, poetry and art.

Inspiring Autumn Quotes

“I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew life was a gift.”
~Dodinsky

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
~Albert Camus, French philosopher, author, 1913-1960

If you need a refresher on how to write a haiku poem.

FALL AND AUTUMN POETRY

Autumn Haiku Poems

SEPTEMBER APPLES HAIKU

Climb the gnarled branches
Snap red delicious cortland
Fall into my pie

~Beth Murphy, poet, historical writer

AUTUMN HAIKU

Summer heat will break
Autumn moon will fascinate
Mother nature wakes

~Shannon DeAnna Schofield

CRISP AUTUMN AIR HAIKU

Crispness in the air
Breezes blow as colors change
Create smells and sights

Louise DeBell, writer, poet, speaker

GOLDEN COLORS OF AUTUMN HAIKU

Watching the earth change
Lightness to darkness awaits
Golden colors glow

Louise DeBell, writer, poet, speaker

FALL HAIKU

Yellow leaves abound
Overnight they’re on the ground
Sticking to my shoe

Susanna Holman, artist, retired nurse

FALL HAIKU

See Fall peaking now
She’s dressed in all colors
Crisp is the air

~Julie Meehan Courtois

Autumn Poetry

AUTUMN SONG 

Same trees, same birdsong,
Daylight fades, earlier now…
My leaves…dripping pink.

Won’t be long until
Coffee warms me on the porch,
Blanket ‘round my knees.

Turning of the year,
Sweetest season coming fast.
Cinnamon perfume.

By Lynda Suzanne Wright, artist, retired teacher, 2021

SUMMER GONE

Laughter and joyous shrieks
Have left the lake at peace
Softly lapping edges see only
The old or very young

School bells ring where laughter
Joyous screams have moved
Onto the school play yard
Recess the favorite still

Sunshine spills through covered windows
Cracks where eyes seek light
Tucked away in classroom chairs
Summer sun still clings

Suntanned faces renewed fr
Minds tug back to summer days
What I did this summer

~Sally Kirkpatrick, artist, writer, crafter

Autumn Tricube Poetry

Tricube poems are 3-3-3, 3-3-3, 3-3-3:

• 3 stanzas
• 3 lines in each stanza
• 3 syllables in each line

LABOR DAY TRICUBE POEM

Labor Day
The end of
Maine summer

Tourists leave
behind beach
sand and surf

Seagulls squawk
for one more
stolen fry.

~Beth Murphy, poet, historical writer

Autumn Art

Beginning of a piece I’m calling When Summer Dances with Autumn
~Sally Kirkpatrick, artist, writer, retired teacher

Autumn Flowers

Autumn Quotes and Excerpts

October

A PASSAGE FROM ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

“Oh, Marilla,” she exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn’t it? Look at these maple branches. Don’t they give you a thrill?”

~L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables