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Autumn Reverie

Autumn Reveries Autumn spills over In waterfalls of scarlet, Golden cascades flow, Umber symphonies tumble With magenta fantasies.

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Lisa Ricci

Date: 11/30/2023 3:43:00 AM

Good Morning Sam. Autumn is my favorite season for all obvious reasons. Once again you have a marvelous title and your entry graces us with imagery. Your tanka is in perfect form. Your word choices are lovely and yes poetic. May Autumn always spill over with magenta fantasies. Thank you for sharing your skilled poetic talent. It was an honor turning to your page this morning. May the pen be with you always. Blessings and Peace (smile)

Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/19/2024 10:29:00 AM

Good morning Lisa! Well here I am just catching up after the holidays! I am so grateful for your insightful and poignant feedback. You always put a smile on my face. While I love all of the seasons, truly autumn is a unique experience that touches us in so many ways with color, texture and reveries - with time to dream and savor its rainbow, it's harvest! I hope you are well! Sending you gratitude and blessings of health and happiness!

Malabika Ray Choudhury

Date: 11/24/2023 5:55:00 AM

Dear Sam, deeply insightful poem on Nature - philosophical, tender, touching! I always feel awed at your exquisite vocabulary and images. Just to let you know, Sam, I have posted a blog with translation of the first chapter of my book in my home-language - thought you might be interested. Love ~ Reply

Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/19/2024 10:24:00 AM

Dearest Mala, thank you so much for your insightful and thoughtful feedback! You have such a wonderful ability to go to the heart of a poem poetically and see its inner meaning. I treasure your messages, dear friend! Where do I find your blog? Is it on PS? I really want to read this chapter. Gratitude, hugs and blessings for health and happiness dear friend!!

Vijay Pandit

Date: 11/22/2023 5:13:00 AM

Delightful, colorful as autumn. Splendid write, Sam.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/19/2024 10:17:00 AM

Thank you so much Vijay! Just catching up after the holidays! Thank you for sharing in autumn's delight! Gratitude and blessings of health and happiness to you!

Silent One

Date: 11/21/2023 2:50:00 PM

This is a lovely tanks and i love the choice of words and metaphor you have used here.. How coincidental, I posted a poem today where I used the word scarlet waterfalls also... love the imagery you have created and i think your poem will do very well in the contest..

Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/19/2024 10:13:00 AM

Hi SO! Well, great minds are at it again! Your poems always leave me breathless with awe and a desire to think more deeply and raise the bar. This poem was inspired by a picture my husband took of a waterfall garden in OR in the fall. I used it on the cover of one of my poetry books - From a Woman's Soul. Even though I love all the seasons, fall has a special ability to inspire me with its color and texture and life metaphors. Hope you are well! Blessings of health and happiness!!

Silent One
Date: 11/21/2023 2:55:00 PM

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Sotto Poet

Date: 11/20/2023 12:05:00 PM

Dear Sam, your Tanka is just wonderful. Your metaphors and use of colors is absolutely incredible. My best wishes for the contest and I really appreciate your kind words on my poem « World of Love ». Your thoughts has touched me deeply and I’m so thankful for your golden heart and sincere remarks.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/19/2024 10:05:00 AM

Dear Lasaad! So grateful for your always thoughtful notes! Thank you. Autumn colors are so much fun to play with poetically leading to vibrant images. It is a gift of the season. I so enjoy your wonderful poems that are so filled with beautiful images, alliterations and depth to savor. Thank you for so graciously sharing your gift! Blessings of health and happiness to you, my friend!!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/18/2023 1:34:00 PM

so gorgeous. Sure to score high!

Sam Kauffman
Date: 11/20/2023 11:42:00 AM

This is high praise, indeed, my friend, coming such a gifted poet as yourself, Andrea! Had fun turning my love of autumn into a waterfall of joy and colorful delight! Happy Thanksgiving! Blessings to you and your family!

Ink Empress

Date: 11/18/2023 9:56:00 AM

Beautiful use of autumnal colours to create imagery. I absolutely love your choice of colours and also how beautifully it flows. Be it tanka or another form, you always nail it. Your way with expressing and describing things is so artistic. You definitely have a very artistic soul. I love especially the lines “ waterfalls of scarlet,“ and also “ Umber symphonies tumble“ lovely! Im sure this will do very well in the contest. Always enjoy reading your work. Goodluck.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 11/20/2023 12:13:00 PM

Oh, Dear Inky, thank you so much! I would say as you have such an amazing ability to write many forms of poetry - every one of them a gem - your gracious feedback is a treasure to me. So grateful! Had fun with this tanka! I feel so blessed to have learned so much and be so inspired by PS! Many thanks for your best wishes! Sending you waterfalls of blessings, dear poetess!!

Bill Baker

Date: 11/17/2023 9:51:00 PM

A lovely Tanka poem, Sam, thanks for sharing your poetic gift with us, my friend. Have a pleasant weekend! Bill

Sam Kauffman
Date: 11/20/2023 11:39:00 AM

Hi Bill! So grateful for your beautiful feedback and gracious compliments! While it is fun to write, the experience is always made even better when shared with friends. Thank you for adding to my joy! So happy you enjoyed this bit of autumn! Blessings for a very special Thanksgiving to you and your family my Love Star friend!!

Paige Hind

Date: 11/17/2023 3:31:00 PM

Very beautiful. Love it!

Sam Kauffman
Date: 11/20/2023 11:33:00 AM

Thank you! For me, fall cascades in waterfalls of color and beauty that reaches down deep into my soul! Happy Thanksgiving! Blessings!

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 11/17/2023 3:14:00 PM

an exquisite Tanka, Sam. You captured autumn perfectly and in just a few lines. I must fav this one! Have a splendid evening, Sara

Sam Kauffman
Date: 11/20/2023 11:25:00 AM

From one autumn lover to another, your gracious feedback is very special to me! So grateful for your fav - that too is special! Thank you for sharing in my joy and the bountiful blessings of this season! Blessings! Happy Thanksgiving!

Regina Elliott

Date: 11/17/2023 2:13:00 PM

Very beauteous autumnal tanka. Warmest and best wishes for the contest. Blessings ~

Sam Kauffman
Date: 11/20/2023 11:00:00 AM

Thank you so much Regina! For me, autumn's beauty flows like leaves over a waterfall in amazing colors. Even though the colors are the same every year, I never tire of soaking in their beauty! So grateful for your warm wishes! Thanksgiving blessings to you! May the beauty of this season wrap its arms around you!!

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 11/17/2023 11:33:00 AM

Your Tanka write is Short/Sweet... I love the Autumn time of the year..... Have a fun day writing away............

Sam Kauffman
Date: 11/17/2023 11:48:00 AM

Thank you so much, Paula! As I watch the leaves fall like rivers of color, I am in awe of this season. After I let go of summer, autumn for me is truly a time of wonder and awe! Blessings to you! Happy Thanksgiving!

Tom Woody

Date: 11/17/2023 11:28:00 AM

Deliciously colorful

Sam Kauffman
Date: 11/17/2023 11:43:00 AM

Thank you, Tom! There is no other season quite like autumn. Blessings. Happy Thanksgiving!