Abbey Autumnal: Two Poems

Here we are, the last week of October, which down here in the Carolina's should be beautiful. For me, it will be a week of 2 Halloween events at work, which makes me so very happy. There will be a neighborhood gathering at a local brewery. Of course, there will be much more mundane events. On Wednesday, we find out if the fixer-upper house needs a new hot water heater or if it's a simple fix of lighting the pilot light. Later in the week, there will be a Zoom call for the Quilt Camp leadership team.It's also the last week of an election year, midterm elections, which may be monumental in terms of individual wins, but probably won't lead to the kinds of changes I would like to see. Truth be told, I never have that kind of hope in elections anymore.I've been trying to come up with something slightly different for my Creative Writing class tomorrow. We've been doing autumnal themed activities, with teaching ideas that I've used in English 101 and 102. Usually that would require no…