Autumn

Coolness slithers in and passes out nips
to awaken colors that explode,
in bits of yellow, red, orange.
Energy infuses all,
while nature serves her feast.
Dance on leaf-strewn earth,
sing clear night skies,
hide from harm,
yawn and
sleep.

* * * * *

Count up and Count down.

Count up:
The count up has 55 syllables, divided over ten lines. Starting with one syllable, adding a syllable each line. So, you end your poem with the tenth line, with ten syllables. Rhyme and meter are allowed. ( not in its cousin, the Etheree, quite similar to the Count up)

Count down:

In fact is the count down the opposite of the count up. You start with 10 syllables in the first line and in the following lines you write a syllable less. So you end with one syllable. It is a great form to use with a humorous twist…(but it is not necessary…)