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New Beginnings – A Tanka

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New Beginnings

As winds start to blow
Autumn takes the last flower 
Dropping withered seeds
Back to hardened, fallow earth
Destined to be born again


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Frank Tassone is hosting D’Verse Poets tonight
and has prompted us with Jisei (Japanese Death Poems)

Jisei were often written in waka (tanka) or haiku, but death poems are not restricted to those forms. What is essential is the expression of both imminent death and the significance of life in the face of it. In this sense, Jisei is the poetry of both memorial and celebration.







	    

	    	

	    	
	
			

	    	

				
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Season End – A Nonet

		

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Season End





Broken shadows across the cracked ground
Sun slipping lower in the sky
as each day does come and go
Shorter days, longer nights
until equinox
Summer lets go
for Autumn
to be
here

 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

Laura is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight
and has prompted us with September and
the changing of seasons.  There are two
prompts offered.  This one is a Nonet.

For those who like a syllabic challenge, I invite you to write a NONET – a nine line poem that begins with 9 syllables, descending line by line to 1 syllable.
Select ONE of these 9 syllable lines as your opener (or more if you wish to write several nonets)

1. It seems as though you are still summer (cite Merwin)
2. Broken shadows across the cracked ground (cite Merwin)
3. The earthed lightning of a flock of swans (cite Heaney)
4. One side is wild with foam and glitter (cite Heaney)

I chose #2

Image by Pexels from Pixabay 

	    

	    	

	    	
	
			

	    	

				
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Changing

		

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Changing





Summer fades into history
yet one more time
as leaves desiccate
and fall to the ground
 
Carpeting the earth
with resplendent remains
while heralding in a new
season to be crowned 
 
A changing kaleidoscope
Delighting our senses
with colors rich and golden
Dead, but alive, in all its splendor
 
The fragrance of pines
and wood smoke in the air
Give thanks for the season
and for all it does render
 
 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

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Autumn – Poem of the Month – October 2018

		

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Autumn


Acorns crunching under feet


Squirrels making a hasty retreat


Leaves of different colors fallen


This is now the season of Autumn


Humidity has finally left the air


The sun lies lower with less of a glare


A crispness now freshens the landscape


Summer has finally found her escape


Flower petals dying out on stems


Fall winds will perform the cleanse


Miles of fields recently mowed


Lined with hay rolls of colored gold


Illuminating the glorious landscape


Nature beginning to take shape


Sheaves of wheat standing propped


Not a sign of any left uncropped


A panoply of pumpkins hauled to a patch


Happy children hoping to catch


the biggest they can find


For a Jack-o-Lantern to be designed


Halloween approaching in a matter of weeks


Costume considerations and rosy cheeks


Trick or treats


Lots of sweets


Bottles of cider from apple orchards


Do clocks go back or forwards?


Thanksgiving turkey and sweet potato pie


Family visits and stomachs to satisfy


Obsequious children asking for cookies


Negotiating the odds like a bunch of bookies


Football games on television


When do we eat? Such indecision


Remembering what we are thankful for


Never forgetting those who went before


Dedications and gratitude


Private moments of solitude


A season of harvest and plenty to share


Someone is hungry in the world out there


 


Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©


Prompts:


Obsequious


Illuminate


Bottle


Dedicate


Panoply


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