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Friday, October 27, 2023

Autumn Joys

 

A few snap-shots from the past few days that helped inspire this poem






The plush hush-hush of feet through leaves...



The plush hush-hush of feet through leaves
The stillness of fields shucked of sheaves
The way the wind through woodland weaves
A canopy of blue
The hurry-scurry, frisky squirrel
The leaf-cartwheel, the boy and girl
Imitating the lilt and twirl
Of treetop’s dwindling hue

Rain-rendered decoupage, wet-cold
Lanes and sidewalks paved with leaf-gold
A little mittened hand to hold
Or steaming cup ‘o joe
Gladness so profound the heart leaps
With praise for squash and pumpkin heaps
And all goodness man plants then reaps
As by God’s grace we go

The five-star bliss of five-star dreams
For five-star supper’s five-star beams
Of five-star happiness that gleams
In loved one’s smiles and eyes
Warmth of homecooked simplicity
And precious love of family
Kindles a thankful-as-can-be
Masterpiece-paradise

The undulating rise and fall
As landscapes pen a madrigal
That needs no words to say it all
Yet leaves spectators awed
By nature’s color-symphony
Spilling across the dimming lea
An autumn song we throng to see
Whose composer is God

© Janet Martin

Rain-rendered decoupage, wet-cold...


Lanes and sidewalks paved with leaf-gold...







2 comments:

  1. Janet, the sheer canvas of this poem is mind boggling! It covers the trees, the field, the colors, youth, young and God! Loved this one. The photographs are really envy inspiring. Good produce is the ultimate gift of mother earth!

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    1. thank-you so much for letting me know you enjoyed this post, a glimpse of autumn joys in Ontario<3

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