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Heart2Heart
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since 2009-05-15

Posts 738
Scotland/Norway

0 posted 2009-07-07 09:18 AM

When the last petal has fallen
From the red rose and the white
The garden chairs and croquet nets
Are stored away out of sight

How lovely to welcome Autumn
As she drifts through the misty air
With a crown of Chrysanthemum flowers
Adorning her auburn-bright hair

When summer's sweet beauty is over
And nights grow dark and cold
Then, in her flaming colours
Of amethyst, scarlet and gold

She touches the meadows and valleys
Igniting the beech and the oak
Trees all aflame along mountains
A fire without the smoke

With her garlands of topaz and rubies
And her smoky, purple gaze
Gentle yet spellbinding Autumn
Walks through the woodland ways

We might yearn for Summer sunshine
Wild flowers and grasses that grow
Long for those precious days gone by
And all of the joys that we know

But I will sing Autumn's praises
As leaves come fluttering down
And welcome our Autumn lady
With her Chrysanthemum-daisy crown

Johan
Member

since 2009-05-13

Posts 88
Lincolnshire, England U.K.

1 posted 2009-07-07 10:38 AM

This is one of your really great pieces that I think I remember from another time Katriona, each stanza a joy to read.

Johan

Chalmette Guy
Senior Member

since 2009-03-11

Posts 1257
Louisiana

2 posted 2009-07-07 11:01 AM

Colorful, and beautiful.
My favorite time of year, Autumn.

unboundpoetess
Member

since 2008-05-24

Posts 477

3 posted 2009-07-07 12:54 PM

Autumn is also my favorite season, and you weave her beautifully.

Heather

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

4 posted 2009-07-07 01:08 PM

You portray "Lady Autumn" majestically and in all of her finery.

Her beauty is a force to be admired and embraced ~ as are you and your quill, Lady Katriona.

Love & Lovely Ladies!

Linda

Rick
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 2903
Victoria, Australia

5 posted 2009-07-07 02:16 PM

Loved the mind pictures here, thank you so much for sharing.

Rick

OldPoet
Member

since 2009-06-30

Posts 112
The Left Coast

6 posted 2009-07-07 03:08 PM

Nobody but nobody puts nature in such a beautiful perspective than you, Katriona.

"Im learning to fly but I aint got wings
Comin down is the hardest thing." - Tom Petty

Heart2Heart
Senior Member

since 2009-05-15

Posts 738
Scotland/Norway

7 posted 2009-07-07 04:21 PM

Thanks everybody, autumn is my favourite season too:-)
Heart2Heart

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

8 posted 2009-07-07 07:03 PM

You painted her so well, dear Katriona, that I can feel a fresh breeze in midst of the tremendous heat of the now ... such an intensely beautiful feeling of anticipation.

Yes, you and nature have a pact of deep understanding and intense vibes of communication!

Love,
Margherita

Namyh
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since 2009-01-20

Posts 988

9 posted 2009-07-07 08:05 PM

Heart to Heart - Whenever the reader has been grabbed by the images, then you know it's the lunge of visual impact leaping from the poem as is demonstrated here. Love your craftsmanship. Namyh

brneyedgrly
Senior Member

since 2009-06-08

Posts 1125
nowhere and everywhere

10 posted 2009-07-07 08:15 PM

~heart lady

love this line:

"With her Chrysanthemum-daisy crown"

this is a beautiful description of also my favorite season...

enjoyed this

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

11 posted 2009-07-07 09:45 PM

Beautiful write, and this was my favorite:

"She touches the meadows and valleys
Igniting the beech and the oak
Trees all aflame along mountains
A fire without the smoke"

Heart2Heart
Senior Member

since 2009-05-15

Posts 738
Scotland/Norway

12 posted 2009-07-08 12:18 PM

Margherita, thanks m'dear. We have had such extremely warm weather here, more than 30 degrees C every day, that it's a relief to be into a cooler spell now. I'm not too fond of very hot temperatures myself.
Heart2Heart

Heart2Heart
Senior Member

since 2009-05-15

Posts 738
Scotland/Norway

13 posted 2009-07-08 12:19 PM

Nice to have an old friend stoping by, thank you Namyh.
Heart2Heart

Heart2Heart
Senior Member

since 2009-05-15

Posts 738
Scotland/Norway

14 posted 2009-07-08 12:20 PM

brneyedgrly thanks so much, love the melancholic autumn myself too.
Heart2Heart

Heart2Heart
Senior Member

since 2009-05-15

Posts 738
Scotland/Norway

15 posted 2009-07-08 12:21 PM

Thanks ever so much Midnitesun, always appreciate your sweet replies.
Heart2Heart

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

16 posted 2009-07-08 12:42 PM

Autumn is my favorite time of year. Here in So. Calif. the summers are hot and we usually have wild fires, I am always happy to see autumn arrive.
Ida

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

17 posted 2009-07-08 04:57 PM

VERY well done ... grand-fine imagery!

I am especially fond of:

"How lovely to welcome Autumn
  As she drifts through the misty air
  With a crown of Chrysanthemum flowers
  Adorning her auburn-bright hair

  When summer's sweet beauty is over
  And nights grow dark and cold
  Then, in her flaming colours
  Of amethyst, scarlet and gold

  She touches the meadows and valleys
  Igniting the beech and the oak
  Trees all aflame along mountains
  A fire without the smoke"

[this 'write' made me remember (most fondly)
  Sept. in Glencoe and Na Trosaichean]

serious and long-sustained applause for this fine 'penning' !!

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