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Nature Talk

NATURE TALK Drawing to a close She was not what she seemed Not the herald the harbinger In these final days She yet retains All warmth all beauty With a slight shivering smile Her rustling crowds Yet speak of warm rain soft breezes And sparkle in the sun Alike dusted diamonds I’ll not sing a sad song of September She will not harken or cry She is summer’s wandering child With yet more fields to nourish and explore Here I’ll stay in meditation With these minutes all bathed in yesterday Then when quite refreshed Continue on my way Dave Austin

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John Fleming

Date: 10/25/2015 5:30:00 PM

Damn! Julia beat me to the punch again...ouch! Yes I love that line as well, Julia. Nicely done, Daver. My very best regards! :-) john

Julia Ward

Date: 10/19/2015 1:37:00 PM

I particularly like the line, "she is summer's wondering child". I'm giving your poem a 7, and marking it as a FAVE as it is a remarkable evocation of late summer. Julia, xx

Michelle Mac Donald

Date: 10/7/2015 3:30:00 PM

Ah, this blows me away..."sparkle in the sun...Alike dusted diamonds".:)) Love this...gotta run!! Love, Mikki

Paul Callus

Date: 10/5/2015 10:39:00 AM

This is a delightful poem, Daver, even better sounding second time round. Love the 4th stanza. #7 // paul

Monterey Sirak

Date: 10/4/2015 6:17:00 AM

A fav! Love the image of September being summer's wandering child. This poem is brilliant!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/3/2015 7:35:00 PM

thanks for your recent comments, DAver. I bet you would look nice in pink ribbons too. hahaha

Barbara Gorelick

Date: 10/1/2015 9:45:00 PM

I love the thought of her as a "wandering child"..As usual I so enjoy your writing. BG

Carrie Richards

Date: 10/1/2015 7:51:00 PM

I do so love the personalization of your poem. There is always something melancholy about the close of September. I would always feel it....and perhaps it came from sending my children off on the school bus, and feeling the empty nest! That was a long time ago ! Nicely written, Dave

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/1/2015 4:07:00 PM

oh I just love this one. Saw it before and I like it just as much this time!

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 9/30/2015 2:09:00 PM

A beautiful poem conceived by Mother Nature's charms Daver. I welcome autumn's arrival.

Miraj Raha

Date: 9/29/2015 11:21:00 AM

wonderful!!!loved every line of this poem,they had an alluring sense of wildness.