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The Curtain is Closing
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The Curtain is Closing |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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The Curtain Is Closing Is it an illusion, that summer is best? Is north not still north and is west not still west? Soon bright summer weekends relinquish the crown But bask in the glory til leaves tumble down The chirping cicadas in late afternoons Majestic ascension of big yellow moons As a concert of tree frogs is ready to start And shrill cricket fiddles tune up for their part The curtain is closing on hot steamy days And everything’s changing in wonderful ways It’s time to prepare both the heart and the mind To bid a farewell and leave summer behind I’ll drink in the images, savor the scene Of flocks of black starlings, of geese on the wing Of ritual happenings, seasonal rites That baptize the mornings and bring on the nights A sunset of orange and ruby red glow Neat hay stacks in Amish fields lined in a row The swift disappearance of beetle and fly Sleek wing tips of summer fowl scraping the sky A pond of deep indigo, meadows of gold The mums of burnt umber, the days growing cold Dry leaves kicking up in a strong gusty spin A suede pad of rabbit foot burrowing in Aromas of peaches and apples and more A bin full of cantaloupes ripe to the core A raisin pie set in the window to cool A child climbing high on a tall kitchen stool But even a child feels the change coming on. And knows that the summer illusions are gone There’ll be no regrets as the days move ahead And the holly bush flutters in bright cardinal red Elizabeth Santos 8/27/07 |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
A wonderful write, dear Elizabeth. You succeeded in harmonizing what was and what will be, in this colorful "painting" that leaves little or no space for melancholy. A keeper actually, to enjoy again, when Summer is gone ... Love, Margherita  |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
SweetSweetSweetLizzyLady~ You bring us center stage ... with such a poetic production~ Take a bow dear lady~ Take a bow~ *HUGLETS*  ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
  I bow to a master poet! What a wonderful timely read! |
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