Walking out in November..(1999)

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ice
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since 2003-05-17

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Pennsylvania

0 posted 2011-10-30 12:22 PM

image from totally-cuckoo.com

November wind is sullen-bold
Stripping trees of raiment, bare
Bright leaves fall like burnished tears;
Frozen rain paints earth stiff-white,
And guilds the hemlocks , tip and branch
With doily lace, icicle cold.

To change a rule, the Hazel binds
Its yellow flags to mountain sides
Flower blooms in ribbons dressed,
Catch the eye of golden bees
Who gather for their last great feast,
The last to buzz, before snow flies.

Purple daggers, pierce a passing cloud ,
Rain-drops follow rays to ground.
But bluster seems to bend the shafts
And send the dead leaves scratching down,
Deer trails where the gray squirrel plays-
Seizing days...
Below Novembers shroud.
*
Up high, the widgeons stay their course
Persisting on their journeys way.
Wings a-whistle, steady beats
Drive them through crepuscular mist.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

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1 posted 2011-10-30 12:45 PM

beautiful! Gave me a shiver!

Lori

JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

2 posted 2011-10-30 01:04 PM

Wow. You make walking out in November a pleasant walk. The visual is supreme.
Love it ice!
So enjoyed the walk, thanks.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

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By the Seaside

3 posted 2011-10-30 02:12 PM

The intensity of the changing season reads beautifully.
You capture so much with each and every word.

Very nice writing~

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2011-10-30 02:37 PM

Love this, Ice, especially the widgeons flight.

~*~ The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon,
but its echo lasts a great deal longer.--Oliver Wendell Holmes ~*~

ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14

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5 posted 2011-10-30 04:12 PM

"Frozen rain paints earth stiff white", nice picture,
ms. e

jwesley
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since 2000-04-30

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Spring, Texas

6 posted 2011-10-30 05:29 PM

enjoyed the journey with you, my friend - at least I'm get to see/feel through you and that sure beats not at all...

j.

Sunshine

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7 posted 2011-10-30 07:21 PM

The word play in this
my friend,
is to hear November flinging
leaves onto windows
and the last of thunder's bluff
rumbling the panes...

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

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8 posted 2011-11-01 10:07 AM

quote:
Frozen rain paints earth stiff-white,
and guilds the hemlocks, tip and branch
with doily lace, icicle cold.

Such wonderful imagery, dear Ford.

A much enjoyed walk along your visions.

Margherita

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

9 posted 2011-11-01 02:49 PM

You've transported me from a sunny day into the chill... beautiful work!!

ice
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since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

10 posted 2011-11-02 07:51 AM

Lori
JL
Blues
JP
Ebony G
Jwesly
Sunny
Margherita
Suthern

What wonderful replies......:-)
Thank you all for taking this walk with me.
After snowing twice in October, the first few days of this November are amazingly beautiful..frosty mornings, warm afternoons.
But November is fickle, and can change its mood at any moment.

Thank you all.

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