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One Autumn Night

Our shadows are silhouetted against the fading orange sky. A blanket of russet and brown leaves carpet the ground Like tiny children we kick the wind blown leaves, hearing them crunch under our feet The silvery moon casts its eerie glow, illuminating the trees Branches once dripping with their coats of leaves are now naked and exposed The biting wind reminds us that summer is just a distant memory Pulling our hoods over our heads we hurry home to a roaring fire 09~06~14 Contest:- One Autumn Night Sponsor: Poet Destroyer A ~awarded 7th place~

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/29/2014 12:03:00 AM

Dear Jan, this is great writing. Congrats in this contest as well. glad to see you on this list too. soupmail

Jan Allison
Date: 12/29/2014 1:47:00 AM

Thanks Andrea I do appreciate your feedback:-) Hugs Jan xx

David Mohn

Date: 12/28/2014 6:55:00 PM

Nicely captured fall evening Jan...big congrats to you :)

Jan Allison
Date: 12/28/2014 7:01:00 PM

Thanks so much David:-) Hugs jan xx

Joseph May

Date: 12/28/2014 9:39:00 AM

Congrats on a great win Jan

Jan Allison
Date: 12/28/2014 9:41:00 AM

Thanks so much Joseph:-) Hugs Jan x

Brenda Meier-Hans

Date: 12/28/2014 7:44:00 AM

Dropping back with my congratulations Jan.

Jan Allison
Date: 12/28/2014 8:30:00 AM

Thanks so much Brenda:-) Hugs Jan xx

Pandita Sietesantos

Date: 12/27/2014 4:07:00 PM

Beautiful picture painted with your magical pen, my friend! Congratulations on a lovely win that is well-deserved! Warmest regards, Pandita.

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2014 5:14:00 PM

Thanks so much Pandita:-) Hugs Jan xx

Robert Stoner Jr

Date: 12/27/2014 12:04:00 PM

love it Jan ,had me in the moment, congratulations on your win

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2014 12:09:00 PM

Thanks so much for your support as ever Robert:-) Hugs jan xx

Edward Ebbs

Date: 12/27/2014 11:27:00 AM

I love orange sunsets, the autumn sunsets are my favorite because there are so beautiful with so many connotations if you feel life that way...Congrats :)

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2014 12:08:00 PM

Thanks so much Ed:-) Hugs Jan x

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 12/27/2014 10:04:00 AM

JAN, it's an honor having your poem on my winning list. Congratulations on your win in my Autumn Night's contest. A blessing it is to be back. I love nothing more than a free feeling of falling leaves drifting away at night. Thank you for the supporting one of my many soup contest. Stop by my latest blog "Together Alone" if you'd like. No problem if you don't have time. Just take this time and enjoy your win... LOVE LINDA

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2014 12:07:00 PM

Thanks so much Linda I will drop by - its truly wonderful to have you back:-) Hugs jan x

Little Known Nothing

Date: 9/20/2014 1:52:00 PM

I found this mesmerising and absolutly beautiful I really think it's wonderful. L.k.n

Jan Allison
Date: 9/20/2014 4:46:00 PM

thank you so much L K N for that wonderful comment:-) hugs Jan xxx

Kelly Deschler

Date: 9/9/2014 2:13:00 AM

You've captured the very essence and the warmth of autumn in this poem. This is a really lovely write, Jan, and it is a fav for me! Good luck in Linda's contest! Hugs :)

Jan Allison
Date: 9/9/2014 7:34:00 AM

Thanks so much Kelly for the lovely comment:-) Hugs Jan xxx

James Horn

Date: 9/8/2014 4:29:00 PM

A Kind of Thought is the name of my poem which I am sure will be a pleasing response to yours. Pleasant Poetry reading, Jim Horn PS. Now let me go to PoetrySoup and enter it.

James Horn
Date: 9/8/2014 6:23:00 PM

It should be entered by now but what time is it in your neck of the woods and where is that. Your city should be in each of your messages so I can identify with it. Jim

Jan Allison
Date: 9/8/2014 5:48:00 PM

Oh I will drop by James:-) and thanks for the lovely comment. Hugs Jan xxx

Darlene Gifford

Date: 9/8/2014 4:10:00 PM

"Brown leaves carpet the ground like little children." That line among others is a winner. Congrats. And thank you again for welcoming me and inviting me to enter the contests. I have finally entered one, but I think I don't have much of a chance with all the great poets here. :)

Jan Allison
Date: 9/8/2014 4:18:00 PM

Darlene the more poems you write and the more contests you enter the more confident you become as you read more and learn with everything you read. I only started writing in February - am having the time of my life and flying high and you will too! Hugs Jan xxx

James Fraser

Date: 9/8/2014 3:51:00 PM

Yep, I've lived your words Jan, and what fun it was, until we got home. Clothes soaked and stained by the leaves. Mega congrats for poem of the day, James :)

Jan Allison
Date: 9/8/2014 3:56:00 PM

Thanks James I am truly delighted to have this honour:-) Hugs Jan xxx

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 9/8/2014 3:27:00 PM

GREAT POEM!! Can I borrow it there is this contest I want to enter.

James Horn
Date: 9/8/2014 6:27:00 PM

I am sure glad to see someone with a sense of humor besides myself. Now let me see how many eyes and ears this opens up. Jim Horn

Jan Allison
Date: 9/8/2014 3:45:00 PM

Gosh you love it so much you keep commenting on it Maurice - just add it to your favourites LOL:-) Seriously always a pleasure to see your lovely smile :-) Hugs Jan xxx

Casarah Nance

Date: 9/8/2014 1:22:00 PM

Perfect poem Jan! I love it! Woohoo, poem of the day, and I'm sure it will be on the winners list too as soon as Linda judges it. This is awesome lady, HUGS!! :)

Jan Allison
Date: 9/8/2014 1:38:00 PM

Aww thanks Casarah! I didn't know anything about it until I logged on in my lunch hour and saw I'd got a few comments to read - am made up:-) Hugs Jan xxx

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 9/8/2014 7:59:00 AM

I just love Autumn and your poem. Love and prayers, Gina

Jan Allison
Date: 9/8/2014 10:36:00 AM

Thanks so much Regina:-) Hugs Jan xx

Bongani Zungu

Date: 9/8/2014 7:33:00 AM

Wow, a well deserved title"poem of the day". Congrats!

Jan Allison
Date: 9/8/2014 7:45:00 AM

Many thanks Bongani:-) Hugs Jan xxx

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 9/8/2014 6:00:00 AM

-Congrats on poem of the day,Jan !! - Beautiful poem !! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Jan Allison
Date: 9/8/2014 7:44:00 AM

Many thanks Anne Lise:-) Hugs jan xx

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 9/8/2014 3:41:00 AM

i just keep reading this poem. it is one of the best choices for poem of the day since i have been here. honestly it was so good i thought i had written it. Congratulations Jan on having written such a gem.

Tim Smith
Date: 9/8/2014 12:34:00 PM

Uh him .. I'm still here....

Jan Allison
Date: 9/8/2014 7:43:00 AM

Maurice you are too kind with your praise - i am delighted with this honour today:-) Hugs Jan xx

Tim Smith

Date: 9/8/2014 2:55:00 AM

Woohoo.... Congrats Jan on poem of the day....hugs Tim

Jan Allison
Date: 9/8/2014 7:42:00 AM

Aww thanks so much Tim :-) I am truly honoured Hugs jan xx:-)

Verlena S. Walker

Date: 9/8/2014 2:39:00 AM

Beautiful Jan. Congratulations on poem of the day. Verlena

Jan Allison
Date: 9/8/2014 7:41:00 AM

WOW I didn't know thanks for being the bearer of great news:-) Hugs Jan xxx

Ralph Sergi

Date: 9/7/2014 4:58:00 PM

Hi Jan: A beautiful description of the exodus of a season.

Jan Allison
Date: 9/8/2014 1:02:00 AM

Thanks for the lovely comment Ralph:-) Hugs Jan xx

John Lawless

Date: 9/7/2014 12:06:00 PM

These are the moments, real or imagined, that feed the hunger of the poet, free the heat of the fire, and call to us...to write.

Jan Allison
Date: 9/7/2014 12:10:00 PM

That is a delightful comment thank you so much John:-) hugs Jan xx

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 9/7/2014 9:53:00 AM

A nice cozy conclusion, perhaps leading to being "naked and exposed" by the fire!

Jan Allison
Date: 9/7/2014 10:02:00 AM

Oh err Richard ***blushes*** that thought never entered my head ;-) ... now if we only had another line to write... LOL Hugs Jan xxx

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 9/6/2014 11:01:00 PM

Congrats Jan I just noticed you are number two community builder over the last two weeks. You eager beaver you.

Jan Allison
Date: 9/7/2014 3:43:00 AM

Thanks Maurice - I will go down the ranks now I am back at work after the summer holidays - I love reading the work of others and being inspired by their creativity that is the way I am learning so much - got a long way to travel but having the time of my life making wonderful friends like you :-) Hugs jan xx