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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2007-09-30 01:05 AM

These days are mine

These days are mine, these autumn days
These days of golden leaves
I claim the fields of ginger stalks
And mounds of amber sheaves

I gather colors in my arms
Of brilliant maple trees
I hold the forest in embrace
I breathe the autumn breeze

This season’s mine, this moment’s mine
To contemplate what is
But there’s a wren upon a twig
Who thinks that it is his

Elizabeth Santos

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

1 posted 2007-09-30 02:51 AM

Ohhhh, I llllove this!  On my first reading, I kept finding a new line that I thought was my favourite, until I got to:

"But there’s a wren upon a twig
Who thinks that it is his"

and then there was no chance for any of the others.  I love it for many reasons, the art, my passionate love of nature's creatures, and the taste of the lines of GK Chesterton's "The Donkey" that go something like this:

"For I also had my day.
There were shouts around my ears
and palms beneath my feet."

It is impossible not to notice in your poetry, your love of, and compassion for others, nature and its creatures.  What a lovely person you are!

- Owl

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

2 posted 2007-09-30 04:28 AM

Thank you, owl for your kind response and for the quote from Chesterton's poem which I will look up and read right now. Iam not familiar with it but I know I will like it
Thanks again
Liz

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

3 posted 2007-09-30 09:25 AM

Liz, this is an awesome poem, you are the
master of the woven word.

Something tell's me you have your hands full
with your little friend.

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

4 posted 2007-10-09 05:36 PM

cute write~~ and this is my favorite time of the year if it would only cool down a bit

hugs
M

SmartChick
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-09-23

Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown

5 posted 2007-10-09 05:55 PM

Hi Elizabeth! I think about you all the time. And, always look for your poems. You are and always have been such an inspiration to me. I hope you are doing well.

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

6 posted 2007-10-09 07:14 PM

marvelous 'write'!

[Obviously...by most of my recent poem
titles...I dearly LOVE Autumn!!]...

I'm a definitive fool for Fall poems!!

This is a grand-fine poetic tribute to this wonderful season!

serious, long-sustained applause!!

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

7 posted 2007-10-09 07:39 PM

Oh you big meanie, let the little wren have it! Do I wish I was there to see "your" Pennsylvania in the Fall, I can't even begin to imagine the beauty you see. Or can I? Perhaps you can paint us some more pictures with your words. If you do happen to take a fall picture of the wonderful Quakers in "Intercourse, PA" you know where to send it right?

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