Autumn in Holland - photos by Dutch students

"International Autumn" - a poem by a Dutch student, Robbert van Tilborg

International Autumn

Seasons give colours,
seasons repeat,
but no season as coloured
as autumn can be.

Autumn brings rainfall,
autumn brings moss,
but no creation shines
as a fallen down leaf does.

A leaf in many colours,
a leaf in perfect peace.
They fall down from the trees
in silent harmony.

Then at the bottom, at the ground,
warmed by summer still.
It’s where they rest,
till rainfall takes the leafs downhill.

There they form a wall of many,
curved and edged, down in the beam.
Big and small, red and green,
as in one big, painted stream.

They don’t bother different colours, types or whatever tree they’re from,
They just work together and make sure,
that after winter, the next spring will come.

When we as humans work together,
and refill our cultural lack.
The little Autumn deep inside us,
would get it’s shining colour back.

Autumn in Holland by Chiara Poels

Autumn in Holland
Autumn in Holland can be very beautiful. You see all different kind of colors: red, orange, yellow, brown.. You see leaves falling from the ground, making carpets of leaves. But you can also see a lot of different mushrooms. Especially when the sun shines, the autumn is very beautiful. But that’s the big problem.. Most of the time it’s raining. There are often storms. But on the other hand it’s also a kind of cozy. When you’re inside whit a warm cup of tea. I think the autumn is beautiful, but it’s a bit less when it’s raining and storming…

Autumn in Holland - a poem by Ruby and Mélanie

I guess the autumn in Holland,

is not very different from Poland.

Brown, yellow, red.
colours of the autumn I bet.
Between summer and winter.
no more warm, little more cold.
I like the colours, yellow and ginger.
that was what I wanna told.