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End of Season

Brave Turnstones beg for crumbs despite their size dogs lapping up the joys of empty beach though Gulls brazenly dive for bigger fries, the old folk keep their meals just out of reach. Far offshore the wind farms wave farewell with hushed applause the waves part company warm breeze now shrugged off as the evening fell sandcastles gobbled up by greedy sea. A deep intake of breath just through the nose, we, like the last line of a favourite song 'ere wistfulness tails us like long shadows, enjoy one final moment, then it's gone. the distant sun puts on a final show for those of us who won't let summer go.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 11/3/2017 10:32:00 PM
You have expressed your melancholy of the advancing colder weather so creatively in this beautiful piece Viv! I too love this poem, and it is going into my Faves! Blessings my friend. : )
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Date: 10/18/2017 5:06:00 PM
oh I LOVE this. I always get to feeling so melancholy as autumn overtakes summer. FAVE
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Viv Wigley
Date: 10/25/2017 11:35:00 PM
Thanks, Andrea, my mood lowers as the days draw in. And we put the clocks back this weekend, too. Sigh...... Viv x
Date: 10/18/2017 5:00:00 AM
Seems like the summer is still trying to hang on over here at the moment.. A well written sonnet.. Hope you are well my friend..
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Date: 10/17/2017 11:35:00 PM
I could just picture this scene, a great write Viv!
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Viv Wigley
Date: 10/18/2017 1:08:00 AM
Thanks Arthur, written last night on our return from visiting Sheringham for the last time this year. Regards, Viv

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