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Autumn

October 12, 2013 6 Comments

October is absolutely my favorite month of the year.

Breathless anticipation fills the dawn
On first emerging from my deepest sleep,
A sense of wonder that will soon be gone,
A fleeting pleasure never meant to keep.
What is the beauty I must see today?
Must know before it quickly slips away?
Ah, yes. My spirit soars! It is October.

The patio is cold to my bare feet
And moving wind chimes make their tinkling sound
As squirrels appear and hastily retreat
Through falling leaves of red orange green yellow brown.
I’ll breathe the crisp cool air before it goes
Pushed onward by the winter’s chilling snows,
Then wait the seasons through. For next October.

© Dorothy Hatfield 2004

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Comments

  1. elizabeth says

    October 12, 2013 at 10:40 pm

    i love this! october is a great month.

  2. Pat Laster says

    October 13, 2013 at 7:52 am

    And you claim you are not a poet!?! Why not write a series of monthly sonnets?? Love it.

  3. Dorothy Johnson says

    October 13, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    Ditto to Pat’s comment. I hope you write poetry more often. I love October too.

  4. Kayla Dean says

    October 14, 2013 at 12:19 pm

    Love it! This is simply beautiful. You have done well at capturing the season.

  5. Gayle Glass says

    October 14, 2013 at 1:47 pm

    Beautiful, Dot!

  6. Freeda Baker Nichols says

    October 18, 2013 at 9:04 am

    Love this poem! Why haven’t I seen your poetry before? Get with it and get them out for all to see. Really nice. I love October, too.

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