Disheveled maples hang over the water;
Deep gold sunlight glistens on the shrunken stream.
Somnolent trout move through pillars of brown and gold.
The yellow maple leaves eddy above them,
The glittering leaves of the cottonwood,
The olive, velvety alder leaves,
The scarlet dogwood leaves,
Most poignant of all.

—from Falling Leaves and Early Snow, by Kenneth Rexroth

One of my favorite early snow poems.  Here are some scenes from my walk in the woods after ours (click for full pictures):