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Green Leaves of Summer
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Green Leaves of Summer |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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Green Leaves of Summer Green leaves of summer changing their garments Into the umbered purples and brown Maple wears skirts in scarlet and aureate Seasonal laureate wearing God’s crown Yellow of locust, leaves like a willow Lures eyes to focus on bough’s gentle swing In breezes you flutter, dainty and agile Leaves like a fragile butterfly wing Wheat bent in cambers of golden-bronze petioles Soft swaying ambers of feather tipped spears Corn husks revealing all of fall’s flavors Harvest to savor of plum and gold ears October’s festival bursting in color This is the best of all natural shows Trees flaunting gowns in moments of brilliance Lacking resilience to oncoming snows Month of November, barren of foliage Now we remember the sweet evergreen White comes along and covers the scenery No sign of greenery left to be seen Indigo waters, lake before twilight, Beavers and otters, set for the cold Cycles of nature and all that it renders Uncovers splendors as winter unfolds Each fall is pleasure meant for the spirit Solely to treasure the season that glows Seeds strewn in autumn await springtime folly While red beads of holly show off in the snows Elizabeth Santos [This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (edited 08-31-2001).] |
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SmittenKitten Senior Member
since 2001-06-20
Posts 1131where the sky and horizon meet |
Elizabeth~ *gasp* this is sooo beautiful...all the pretty colours were dancing through my head as I read through this masterpiece. Simply lovely! ~Krista  "Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all you can do is to go where they can find you." ~Winnie the Pooh [This message has been edited by SmittenKitten (edited 08-31-2001).] |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizaeth, A lovely write and a pleasure to read. |
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BloomingRose Member Elite
since 2000-08-09
Posts 3092Florida |
Green leaves of summer changing their garments Into the umbered purples and brown Maple wears skirts in scarlet and aureate Seasonal laureate wearing God’s crown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is so beautiful it's difficult to choose a favorite line. Well done! Deb |
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Lady In White
since 2001-02-12
Posts 2799USA |
Only a very contented grandmother is allowed to pen so poetically.... |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This is gorgeous, Elizabeth! Sooooo beautiful! |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Elizabeth~ This is just beautiful ... and don't you think I didn't notice that interweaving of rhyme .... Very intricately creative, lady~  Think I just have to keep this one to read over and over~ *Hugs* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Indeed Marge, this takes more than one reading... and as green leaves summer, it will recall the colorful times of Elizabeth's gifts... Well done Lady Santos... |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Elizabeth- Wow! This is gorgeous!  What a brilliant weaving of word and rhyme! And...the imagery is incredible! I just can't say enough about the beauty of this treasure! Hugs, ~vicky "...until you have read the verse on his |
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The Rusty Knight Member
since 2001-08-29
Posts 414Texas |
Even someone as color blind as I am can see these colors. Smoothly written Death comes not when we cease to breath, but when we cease to dream. |
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