Here again, it has stepped in
From whence it had been
And the leaves won’t win
So prepare you bags and bins
As here once more, is the fall
When much tree leaves shall fall
From the short trees and … the tall
Or say, from the low and the high
But they all shall cry and sigh
As they prepare to shed leaves
Woe too, unto some houses eave
And unto many drains as well
For those leaves can block
Many of them up in great stock
Even rushing waters shall swell
Owing to blockages by leaves
Chiefly when comes heavy rain
So prepare you bags and bins
For those leaves to be placed in
Good that fall and winter will pass
Though leaving us to pay the cost
‘God’s willing’ a new spring shall dawn
And trees shall buds and leaves again
Followed by lots of pretty flowers
With all their beautiful fragrant
Those will in spirit everyone again
As the summer emerges to regain
Its three months of yearly portion.
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As your poem suggests and the green lawn pundits require, leaves are to be raked up and placed into impervious plastic bags and carted off to the landfill. Thereby robbing the yard and grass of useful groundcover that is replaced by expensive mulch and nutrients that are replaced by expensive fertilizer. Likewise, the practice of scooping up grass clippings and carting them off as well.
In my 30 years of living in a suburban home, I have rarely raked leaves (simply mowed the lawn with them and directed the clippings and chopped up leaves into my flowerbeds for groundcover. No raking and bagging required. I have never used fertilizer on my lawn and it has always been as green as any other.
Ron