tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post8880352634220134034..comments2024-03-29T06:16:09.260-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - 13 Ways of Looking at FallTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-68286785469266430782013-11-19T20:06:41.018-05:002013-11-19T20:06:41.018-05:00THE TREMENDOUS XII
I
School bells announce
Fall’...THE TREMENDOUS XII<br /><br />I<br />School bells announce <br />Fall’s incoming tradition. <br />I can’t wait for the ceremony. <br /><br />II<br />Fall’s still on vacation. <br />My skin’s a spigot unleashing <br />A fuselage of sweat as sunshine beats down <br />On my visage.<br /><br />III <br />Humidity, which is like a nagging uncle<br />Asking you to pull his finger<br /> Has vanished … Charles Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336052424127127605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-89236100133775084472013-10-29T08:55:06.919-04:002013-10-29T08:55:06.919-04:00V.
each leaf
snaps, flips,
flaps
through blue
Oct...V.<br /><br />each leaf<br />snaps, flips,<br />flaps<br />through blue<br />October sky<br />and slips<br />into the scrapbook<br />whose pages<br />ruffle in the wind—<br />till photos<br />fly again<br /><br />Kate Coombs, 2013<br />all rights reservedKateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-90236078282003209182013-10-28T22:21:46.167-04:002013-10-28T22:21:46.167-04:00 Big grin, Kate. Thanks. Big grin, Kate. Thanks.Jane Yolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614445497209111557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-33923243697428796612013-10-28T11:07:22.652-04:002013-10-28T11:07:22.652-04:00III
Was it once called Rise?
When brachiosaurs
pa...III<br /><br />Was it once called Rise?<br />When brachiosaurs<br />patrolled the shores<br />of what is now<br />Vineyard Sound?<br /><br />IV<br /><br />And trees past, taller<br />than the tallest masts<br />of the fastest tall<br />ships, shuddered<br />with vastness,<br />casting the eyes<br />skyward! Steven Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08424518148189688086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-49643214059940552662013-10-28T08:53:27.165-04:002013-10-28T08:53:27.165-04:00Wow, Jane--that's great!Wow, Jane--that's great!KateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-24559886296205916472013-10-28T07:14:11.376-04:002013-10-28T07:14:11.376-04:00Thoughts About Autumn
This tumble of a season,
th...Thoughts About Autumn<br /><br />This tumble of a season,<br />this cataract of leaf,<br />this fumble into winter,<br />this slide of grief<br />this stumble of wind,<br />this summersaulting pall,<br />this loss of sunshine,<br />this slip,<br /> this Fall.<br /><br />©2013 Jane Yolen all rights reservedJane Yolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614445497209111557noreply@blogger.com