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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2001-07-23 08:53 AM

Waiting

Shades of summer linger still
in echoes of a locust trill
The birds are not yet gathering
their shining quills of common wing

Though in my eyes imagined spread
Of trees of gold and scarlet red
Create a vision I await
When cold winds open autumn’s gate

For you’ll be here in tones of plum
And gold and reddish brown of mum
When orange bittersweet succeeds
To edge the field in spattered beads

I’ll see you when the summer days
Have lifted hot and misty haze
And let the tones of autumn pass
The palette’s greens of leaf and grass

May days be short and midnights fly
Until the summer passes by
And geese are lifting off the pond
to fly o’er hills and far beyond

When blazing red is on the tree
I know that you’ll be here with me
And brisk October crimson days
Will warm my heart through winter’s glaze

Elizabeth Santos

[This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (edited 07-23-2001).]

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2001-07-23 08:55 AM

Very nicely painted... nice images and flow throughout... I enjoyed, but I am not ready for fall or winter yet..please..not yet

Lady In White

Member Elite

since 2001-02-12

Posts 2799
USA

2 posted 2001-07-23 09:04 AM

I would be content, Lady Santos, if you could dispel the heat a little, and still allow the warmth of summer to be enjoyed by all...

a beautiful and most colorful write! Well done!

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

3 posted 2001-07-23 10:26 AM

vividly painted, was wondering why one would be anxious for summer to end...but then, yes if you're waiting for that "special" person in your life to be back in it...I understand.

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

4 posted 2001-07-23 12:16 PM

Elizabeth,
Exquisite hangs your subtle trees
That plays the whispers of the breeze.
Sy

Jamie
Member Elite

since 2000-06-26

Posts 3168
Blue Heaven

5 posted 2001-07-23 01:27 PM

Very beautiful Liz.

There is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar.
byron

Marilyn
Member Elite

since 1999-09-26

Posts 2621
Ontario, Canada

6 posted 2001-07-23 01:43 PM

Elizabeth,

*taking a deep breath of that fall air you descride so vividly* I have missed this place of poetry. Being able to carry me to that place you describe. It is an art and you, my friend, have crafted it well.

Marilyn.

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

7 posted 2001-07-23 01:52 PM

Bring on the winter,
burden me down with colored leaves,
let me to gather,
and cool me with your chilling breeze.

Chill the night time,
watch my breathing in moon light,
let the ice bind,
cast me in to darkest night

Gloom

Nan

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

8 posted 2001-07-23 02:12 PM

Autumn in Pennsylvania has to be an exquisite sight, Elizabeth - You seem to be able to see it as if it were there before you - even in the midst of summer... This is beautifully done, of course...

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

9 posted 2001-07-23 02:24 PM

Elizabeth-
   What a lovely image you've painted here..
   A true masterpiece..

   hugs,
   ~vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

10 posted 2001-07-23 05:43 PM

Hi Liz--I love fall...I think it may be my favorite time of year in California...sounds like you have a feeling for it too, for this is beautiful.

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

11 posted 2001-07-23 05:46 PM

I am ready for autumn ... triple digits no fun

Well done, Liz. It took me away on it's current.

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

12 posted 2001-07-23 06:36 PM

I do believe that you paint a vision of Autumn with your words as beautifully as Mother Nature does with her own brush. Wonderfully written and so nice to be able to read your works again in person. Loved the imagery and very much enjoyed to flow in this beautiful piece.

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

13 posted 2001-07-23 08:47 PM

Exquisite indeed, Elizabeth! You have given me a taste of my favorite time of year with your beautiful poem. Thank you!

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

14 posted 2001-07-23 08:55 PM

Seems like only yesterday we were welcoming summer from spring....time passes so quickly!

You give autumn a fantastic entree, Liz..

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

15 posted 2001-07-23 08:57 PM

I will second all these emotions....

well done Lady Santos...

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