End of Summer

End of summer arrives over the hill 
 with yielding flowers in little red buckets 
 half eaten pizza boxes discarded at will 
 theme parks lay vacant as open lockets
 a Japanese lilacs gives one last gait 
 the birds fly south with Autumnary song
 shaker knits aired as bathing suits deflate 
 life begins to slow as we lose the throng 
 mother earth encases bereft of cloak
 and golden fields lay barren without fruit
 regardless of the change we opt to stroke 
 the last of summer as it spills out mute 
 as the season configures and declines 
 I go higher up where the sun still shines . 

 8/11/2019
 Writing Challenge 1, August 2019 - Just Write
 Sponsor, Dear Heart

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 8/12/2019 7:41:00 PM
Pixie congratulations on your win in my writing challenge with this wonderful write
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Date: 8/12/2019 6:10:00 PM
great sonnet sweet Pixie, congrats :)-luloo
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Date: 8/11/2019 6:55:00 AM
WOW! A superb write, Pixie. Splendid imagery..enjoyed the tone and flow..all the best.
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