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EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

0 posted 2014-10-18 02:42 PM

It's not in the cross currents
though their artistry has inspired

nor in the technical jargon
of weather and season and all
that lay north of the border

it's in their silent procession
the flutter of color on butterfly sky

and how deeply I feel them
in their shedding - so gently but potently

each one a reminder
that sorrow is the veil that lays over me

(watching the leaves succumb to their destiny
Saturday afternoon - missing you)

[This message has been edited by EmmaRose (10-19-2014 06:54 AM).]

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2014-10-18 06:02 PM

Ahh . . . Tender is the moment, and you, my friend, captured it magnificently with this stunner. You always come up with the very best in poetry.

If they give you ruled paper write sideways.

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

2 posted 2014-10-18 08:36 PM

fine 'write' ... a testament to transience and change down the ever-rolling seasons of immortal Time ...

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

3 posted 2014-10-18 09:24 PM

Enjoyed this as fall is a beautiful season.Even here in Florida the weather is a bit cooler and nicer for a while.Best to you, Jo

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

4 posted 2014-10-19 06:21 PM

WOW!

and how deeply I feel them
in their shedding - so gently but potently

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Gale
Senior Member

since 2013-06-10

Posts 578
Russia

5 posted 2014-10-21 01:57 AM

Very beautiful, Emma Rose!
The butterfly sky

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

6 posted 2014-10-22 08:58 PM

Oh wow...your thoughts are beautiful even in their melancholy...they dance across the page.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

7 posted 2014-10-24 11:03 AM

Oh, how well, I fell into this poem, EmmaRose . . .

Owl

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

8 posted 2014-10-25 02:04 PM

Emma,
This poem has your unmistakable touch. It is delicately and tenderly rendered. And much enjoyed.

Lori

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

9 posted 2014-12-07 08:13 AM

Wow, dear EmmaRose, I am so glad I found this masterpiece of yours. We share a deep sensitivity with regard to Nature's performances.

So much enjoyed you here. The melancholy comes through so intensely.

Love,
Margherita

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

10 posted 2014-12-11 07:58 PM

thanks so much for your thoughts on my thought; always appreciated

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