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VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2002-09-22 11:35 AM


1st Day

1st official day of fall
today
had to pull on my sweats
beneath my gown and robe
as the chill
attempted probe
beneath the layers
even so
the sun has shown brightly
all morning
and finches perch
feeding the chill out of their bodies

fascinating time
of reds, golds
late harvest
heavy dews sparkling
in the sunlight
that rises so quickly
one can barely believe
its passing
like a fiery chariot
leading the race
keeping its pace
as rapid as its coursers
can fly
as if tarrying at all
it would miss the fall
of dusk upon us all

©September 22, 2002

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

© Copyright 2002 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
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Member Patricius
since 2001-08-31
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just out of reach
1 posted 2002-09-22 01:12 PM


like a fiery chariot
leading the race
keeping its pace
as rapid as its coursers
can fly
as if tarrying at all
it would miss the fall
of dusk upon us all

Awesome Virginia!! It's a cool one here to-day as well. To think that just yesterday here in Ontario it was tank top and shorts weather!! Enjoyed this write. Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
2 posted 2002-09-22 01:24 PM


Enjoyed this write

Cold hands means a warm heart

Gabriel Frost
Member
since 2002-08-15
Posts 216
Between midnight thoughts
3 posted 2002-09-22 01:42 PM


Great write vas...
Btw
I know i'm rediculously late with this, but yea, i thought you were talking about me in your poem after the frost.
And no i have no relation to the great robert frost...at least none that I know of.
Though i wish maybe something would have rubbed off on me. lol!

SmartChick
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown
4 posted 2002-09-22 01:42 PM


Wonderful poem. It was indeed a little cold this morning. I love the fall when all the leaves start turning colors.
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