Adventurous

Photo of a tree with its tops in bright autumn colours and leaves in the middle still green.

Newly-found freedom:
hair colour experiments;
autumn is a teen.

Autumn

photo of the brown leaves on a tree

Colour-changing leaves
shower love on passers by—
magic in the air.

Lingering

Photo of a suburban street with yellowing trees on either side.

Lingering autumn;
an aisle of yellowing trees,
resistant to change.

Colour

Photo of autumnal colours on trees and raindrops on a car window screen, as seen from the front passenger seat of a car.

Pinks, yellows, and greens,
road trips, autumn afternoons;
raindrops on windscreens.

Leaves

photo of a mostly-bare tree branch, with some yellow and green leaves remain

Making way for change:
mother tree lets offspring go;
teen moves out of home