Changing Seasons

Changing Seasons

    Now is that long awaited Summer past.
    That short sunlit Season of warm content,
    That fleeting fragrant petalled interlude
    When fertile Summer’s song prevailed.
    Now the Season turns and Autumn sets her mark
    When, on long shadowed days, birds gather
    And summoned by unknown calls depart
    To far distant nests as days pass to a slow beat.
    Playful spirits toss the falling leaves,
    Late Summer storms fill the air
    As restless ghosts of All Halllow's Eve stir.
    In deep burrows Nature settles to Winter’s rest.
    Now secret mists hide the rippling rill
    And Autumn sings her song in a Minor key.
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Gauthier Avatar
November 9, 2018 at 10:46 AM
Awesome imagery. Congrats, Barry on a well deserved podium finish.
Stebbings Avatar
November 10, 2018 at 8:53 AM
Thank you very much, Line. // Barry
Dietrich Avatar
December 5, 2017 at 3:19 PM
GREAT verse to show the changing of the seasons. This is a topic I often write about too, Barry. Do you feel fall's melancholy as much as I do? Christmas is the one bright spot in our winter. That ending on your poem is magnificent.
Stebbings Avatar
December 6, 2017 at 9:30 AM
Thank you Andrea, I like to Personify the Seasons and give them characters and moods. I do suffer some Winters and I know how you feel. This Autumn has been very dark with no bright days to lighten the mood. // Barry.
Sands Avatar
December 5, 2017 at 11:54 AM
Beautifully written Barry. I enjoyed reading this today :) I like the ending too.
Stebbings Avatar
December 5, 2017 at 1:54 PM
Thank you very much, Heidi. // Barry
Stebbings Avatar
December 5, 2017 at 1:54 PM
Thank you very much, Heidi. // Barry
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