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About This Poem

Autumn

When sunlit days
become lost in shade,
and all that was verdant
becomes windswept jade,
withering leaves become
gold and brown,
summer’s reign at last,
has lost her crown!

© Harry J Horsman   2001
For Russell Sivey's Autumn Splendor

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    Mandy Tams The Golden Girl
    Date: 9/27/2012 6:26:00 AM
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    soup
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    Connie Marcum Wong
    Date: 9/21/2012 4:06:00 AM
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    Congratulations Harry. I loved this one!
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    Carol Sunshine Brown
    Date: 9/20/2012 10:22:00 AM
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    Congratulations on your very well deserved win in Russell's "Autumn Splendor" contest Harry. Love, Carol
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    S. K. A. T.
    Date: 9/17/2012 7:05:00 AM
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    HARRY Congrats with your win ~SKAT
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    Mandy Tams The Golden Girl
    Date: 9/17/2012 6:15:00 AM
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    Congratulations harry this is lovely, made me stop and read it twice but don't like the idea of the summer losing her crown brrrr xx
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    Linda-Marie SweetHeart
    Date: 9/16/2012 3:31:00 PM
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    CONGRATS HARRY LUV ON A REMARKABLE WRITE AND WIN WITH THIS EXCITING DESCRIPTION OF AUTUMN ..
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    Andrea Dietrich
    Date: 9/16/2012 9:54:00 AM
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    Harry, yours and Jack's get my personal award for best short poems here today!! Saying so much in so few words. PURE delight!!! congrats on the win.
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    Poet Destroyer A
    Date: 9/15/2012 11:42:00 PM
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    Hi Harry, once again.. congratulations with your awesome imagery in Russell Sivey's " Autumn Splendor " beautiful contest. Always nice to support all contest when possible~ Good night :-* PD
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    Joyce Johnson
    Date: 9/15/2012 2:00:00 PM
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    Well done and congratulations on your win, Harry. Lvoe, Joyce
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    Diana Dalton
    Date: 9/10/2012 11:19:00 PM
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    love the last lone powerful end!
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    Andrea Dietrich
    Date: 9/10/2012 6:28:00 AM
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    harry, when I typed in my name with word footles, it brought me to number 15, so I figured those must have been the last ones and that's why I labeled 16 for my last footles post. I am sure I have many more stored away, but right now I can only find five more that I need to post from my personal files. Were you here a long time ago when Brian did a footle contest and introduced us to that form. I really had fun with them. I was on a car trip 2 years ago and did oodles of them that day!!!
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    Andrea Dietrich
    Date: 8/30/2012 12:14:00 AM
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    I am seeing so many poets have done constanzas now but am too afraid to glimpse the titles and have them stay in my mind while I try to stay impartial. YIKES it is so hard!!
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    Maria Paz Samelo
    Date: 8/29/2012 9:31:00 AM
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    nice work harry...good luck in the contest :)
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    Yesha Shah
    Date: 8/28/2012 10:53:00 PM
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    Splendorous scene of autumn's beauty! Great entry for the contest.
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    Andrea Dietrich
    Date: 8/28/2012 9:22:00 PM
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    oh, and Bonhomie means good naturedness. The sun is a jolly fellow beaming down on us and gifting us with "good natured-ness" or affability. It was in my rhyming dictionary when I was looking for rhymes on that poem. What would I do without my rhyming dictionary?
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    Joann Grisetti
    Date: 8/28/2012 7:50:00 PM
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    Radiant colorful picture of an autumn day.
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    Laura Breidenthal
    Date: 8/28/2012 7:45:00 PM
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    Beautful and intricately elegant! Abolutely fantastic poem! Good luck in the contest! :) Always, Laura
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    Sara Kendrick
    Date: 8/28/2012 3:50:00 PM
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    Great work..Exciting, descriptive and expressive..I am glad that I chose this one..I could not remember if I had read Wordsworth or not so I looked up a list and read one..He had the gift didn't he..Thanks for stopping by..Your comments were uplifting..Sara
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    cory long
    Date: 8/28/2012 3:45:00 PM
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    I will miss the summer, but look forward to the fall.. nicely done. have a great day.. good luck in the contest cory
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    Robert Pettit
    Date: 8/28/2012 12:58:00 PM
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    All good things have to come to an end, and that includes the summer of 2012. Good write Harry.
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    jack horne
    Date: 8/28/2012 11:43:00 AM
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    lovely write, Harry. Glad to see you have another contest - will have to put my thinking cap on for this one - my mind went blank with the last one, lol
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    Linda-Marie SweetHeart
    Date: 8/28/2012 9:58:00 AM
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    lovely as ever harry luv .. a breathtaking view of this splendid Season.. thankxx so much for my win in 5 W's .. it was so fun.. wishing u the best for Russell's contest too..
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    Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
    Date: 8/28/2012 9:51:00 AM
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    This is lovely, Harry, like a breath of crisp autumn air! So beautiful! Love and Blessings, Rhonda
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    elizabeth wesley
    Date: 8/28/2012 6:42:00 AM
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    Oh Harry, you penned thisgem to perfection. A jewel for my faves with these fabulous visions that captivate my mind and eyes. Beautiful dear friend!
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    Anne Lise Andresen
    Date: 8/28/2012 6:42:00 AM
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    This is a lovely little autumn poems Harry - I think that autumn is your favorite season. (?) Autumn explodes in a huge colorful "fireworks". Have a nice day in the colors - / / Anne-Lise :)
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    Andrea Dietrich
    Date: 8/27/2012 9:07:00 PM
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    wowowowow, this is fantastic, Harry. It's short but the lines are so full of imagery. just love it.
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    Dan Kearley
    Date: 8/27/2012 6:59:00 PM
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    Very nice,Harry...This makes me want to write an Autumn poem...
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    karen croft
    Date: 8/27/2012 5:38:00 PM
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    very nice good luck in the contest! and thank you for your comments
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    Barbara Gorelick
    Date: 8/27/2012 5:33:00 PM
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    Such a beauty...love it. BG
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    Mystic Rose
    Date: 8/27/2012 5:10:00 PM
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    Love the description of everything becoming like jade, I was going to name my daughter Jade, but my husband preferred Diana, she suits her name, but Jade stayed in my heart, love your poetry Harry, it speaks of nature and true beauty, have a great evening hugs vie ps. thank you for honoring me in your contest, I rejoiced, xxx
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