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Poem about autumn

Posted by ESC on March 22, 2009 at 22:37

In Reply to: Poem about autumn posted by ESC on March 22, 2009 at 12:58:

: Anyone know the author of this verse:

: We know that autumn does not begin with the turning of the leaves but earlier on some forgotten afternoon when a shadow passes over the fields and it is no longer summer.

It was used as newsman Frank McGee's epitaph. Probably his original writing.

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