Friday, October 15, 2021

Autumn's Rainy Goodnight Serenade

 'Simple and quite ordinary but sometimes utterly stunning.' 

from Brenda @ It's a Beautiful Life


The above comment from today's post at Brenda's blog
 aroused a wild desire to draw from the simple and quite ordinary evening, something
(okay, maybe this isn't utterly stunning) 
but something to remember it by...
the beauty of simple things~








The harmony of supper-hour traffic homeward bound through autumn rain evokes a sweet and sentimental tug where gleaming decoupage of leaves, like lamplight on the ground enchants workaday weariness with something like a hug

The lowering of lullabies as dusk begins to fold autumnal red and gold into umbral, blue-gray manteau
Seems to reflect idyllic scenes from simpler days of old as daylight slips and drips into frameworks of long ago

Raindrop tap-dancers dapple driveway, street and promenade, punctuating farewell with silver exclamation tears while we delight in Autumn’s Rainy Goodnight Serenade until the world above and all around us disappears

© Janet Martin

or this...

The harmony of supper-hour traffic homeward bound 
through autumn rain evokes a sweet and sentimental tug 
where gleaming decoupage of leaves, like lamplight on the ground 
enchants workaday weariness with something like a hug

The lowering of lullabies as dusk begins to fold 
autumnal red and gold into umbral, blue-gray manteau
Seems to reflect idyllic scenes from simpler days of old 
as daylight slips and drips into frameworks of long ago

Raindrop tap-dancers dapple driveway, street and promenade,
punctuating farewell with silver exclamation tears
while we delight in Autumn’s Rainy Goodnight Serenade 
until the world above and all around us disappears

© Janet Martin





2 comments:

  1. Oh Janet, what a lovely post of photos and poetry of your simple supper hour moment. And thank you for the acknowledgement :).

    I was especially drawn to your photo of the leaves decoupaged on the driveway. You see, this year I am seeing the subdued colours of autumn as if with new eyes. In the past, the later in the season muted hues felt dull compared to the earlier brilliant displays. This season my eyes have been noticing the softer shades of straw and oatmeal and brown sugar, and when I saw your photo of scattered leaves, thoughts of brown sugar streusel on top of apple crisp came to mind.

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  2. Benda, thank-you so much for the poetry in your comment on the poem OH! I LOVE this...thoughts of brown sugar streusel on top of apple crisp<3 And softer shades of straw and oatmeal, yes! perfectly captured. Thank-you again for the inspiration and new eyes to see softer shades!

    Blessings to you this weekend

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I hope you enjoyed your pause on this porch and thank-you for your visit!