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augustsky
Senior Member
Posts 828
midwest US

0 posted 2020-10-16 04:27 PM

My Autumn Ghost~

Setting Indian Summer sun
honey- glows your memory,
you surround like the weathered
open back porch calling my thoughts
to gather and reflect.

I'm settled by the fire-pit warmth
in the cushioned glider
moving and smoothing concerns
to and fro.

Nearby..circled evergreens
hold a seance for the birch tree
that died by the shed,
evening chill scatter blows..
lifts embers to cold stars.

Your hinted presence provides
a trusted familiarity
that's sorely needed,
under this cloud bobbing
wary moon,
mischievous,
like you.

©Augustsky

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

1 posted 2020-10-16 06:21 PM

Autumn is always the briefest of the seasons here. It's like the child you have to say goodbye to before ever watching it fully develop. Leaves a melancholy trace behind, as the whole world grows cold about you.

I know this poem is about something else entirely put the pictures you paint with your words stimulated my nostalgia. Was still 95 here yesterday. Don't image we will have any Autumn at all this year.

quote:
Your hinted presence provides
a trusted familiarity
that's sorely needed,

That line is striking. I know how strong those hints can be too.

Beautiful words as always, Sky~

Michael

Paul Wilson

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since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

2 posted 2020-10-17 05:32 PM

Sky...Autumn always makes me want to get outside and work, it fills my body with energy and I love the cool temps. Thanks for sharing with us, enjoyed very much...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

augustsky
Senior Member
Posts 828
midwest US

3 posted 2020-10-18 06:10 PM

Thank you Michael, Yes..'Melancholy' truly is
one of the traits Autumn has to offer..I Love
everything about Fall.

Appreciate..

Sky~

~Tell me the story about how the sun
loved the moon so much..he died every
night to let her breathe~

augustsky
Senior Member
Posts 828
midwest US

4 posted 2020-10-18 06:12 PM

I feel the same Paul, somehow it invigorates
me.

Thank you..

Sky~

~Tell me the story about how the sun
loved the moon so much..he died every
night to let her breathe~

Forlorn Angel
Member
Posts 143

5 posted 2020-10-29 02:28 PM

Sounds like someone I know. Very beautiful poem.

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

6 posted 2020-11-11 10:58 AM

a great and sensitive melancholy poem, relly enjoyed

yann

Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

7 posted 2020-11-12 06:25 PM

cloud-bobbing wary moon==I like that line.

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

8 posted 2020-11-14 09:49 AM

My goodness! I do get lost in your images! There is Autumn in this, but there are other things here. I can feel them.

"I know this love will tear me to pieces
I know his hands will dig up my secrets"

Meg Myers

soul drifter
Senior Member

since 2004-09-08

Posts 711
Colorado

9 posted 2020-11-14 12:05 PM

Like Temptress I get lost in the beauty of your words too, or better yet, I get found. Outstanding as always, I just love your work.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

10 posted 2020-12-15 05:11 AM

Always enjoy your poetry.

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