On the way home from the doctor’s office, I passed a field of pumpkins. I slowed my car and watched children run ahead of their parents and tumble over hay bales on their way to the middle of the field. The scene stimulated images of my children and our annual pumpkin patch outings long ago. When I arrived home, I jotted down my memories. Later I found this quote from Anne of Green Gables. A perfect pairing.
An October World
Cool mornings
warm blankets
pumpkin spice coffee
fuzzy slippers
thick sweaters
knitted hats
children run through
fields of orange
bright and pure
scratchy hay bales
hold round treasures
destined for cement thrones
leaves release like
lazy raindrops
undressing lean limbs
denim blue sky
softens to indigo
while a topaz sun sets
fireplaces sputter
oak, eucalyptus, pine
beckons home through closed doors
murmurs rise to giggles
while knives carve smooth flesh
into jack o lanterns
stews bubble, cinnamon apples bake
chilly evenings, cozy wraps
ease into Autumn
What do you love about Autumn?
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Autumn is my favorite season. I love the transition from summer to winter, how nature is changing and how these transformations affect our moods as well. There is a mix of nostalgia and anticipation that I just love. And the colors of course.
I discovered Anne of the Green Gables with my children who read the book here in the US and I loved it as much as they did. Your poem isn’t bad either!
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“…a mix of nostalgia and anticipation…” Exactly!
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Lovely. I love all the things you mention plus WoWW meetings where sisters share from the heart and offer support as we travel the bumpy road of a writer’s life.
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I like cooler, shorter days. I like the feeling that I should prepare for something.
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Sabra, yes, almost like a nesting feeling.
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I love the quote from Anne of Green Gables! Your poem is brings the scene to life. I always like the fall of the year.
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