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October Sun, Gifts Bright Colors Galore

October Sun, Gifts Bright Colors Galore
   
Remember Spring's green now passed away,
  Its soft-laid flowers in meadows that thrill;
  Cascading upon views of distant hills,
New life, Nature's power holding sway.
God blessed summer, with rays that bright shine,
  We our days oft found lounging at the beach;
  Far away from work, our phones out of reach,
Basking in warmth, thinking life is so fine. 
October sun, gifts cool, colors galore,
  Splashes of splendor, an artist's delight
  And its gasping moon, sweet romancing nights
Leaving our thankful souls, begging for more!

October 27, 2019
     OCTOBER SUN Poetry Contest
          Sponsor: Line Gauthier

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Kurt Ravidas Date: 10/31/2019 3:17:00 PM A careless fall of carefree souls. A remarkable atmospheric poem. Login to Reply

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 10/31/2019 12:26:00 AM A peaceful setting for my favorite season. I love the bright colors of autumn. This is lovely Robert! I am off to read your next! xxoo Login to Reply

Quoth Theraven Date: 10/28/2019 9:54:00 AM Robert, I like this poem with your view of the beach, "Far away from work, our phones out of reach,.." -Richard Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 10/28/2019 12:11:00 PM Thank you my friend. Now that I am retired, the far way from work thing, holds not the same value and blessing that it did in my wild, racing and quite memorable youth...

Joseph May Date: 10/28/2019 9:20:00 AM Very nicely rendered Robert.. Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 10/28/2019 12:09:00 PM Than you my friend. From that image I saw myself there about 40+ years ago. One of my nicest memories , of a time in love and deeply fallen for a ravishing beauty...

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 10/28/2019 6:05:00 AM - I always want more of the summer ... autumn is wet, cold and dark ... - A great write to the contest Robert, hope it will be a top win for you :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 10/28/2019 7:33:00 AM Thank you my friend. Spring and Summer are my beloved seasons. Winter is the one that I am not very fond of, as a kid it was very a very harsh time each year... God bless....

Robert L. Hinshaw Date: 10/27/2019 3:33:00 PM A sure winner you have here, Robert. My kind of poetry! Bob Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 10/27/2019 5:22:00 PM Thank you my friend. Sometimes when the verses flow to you, its as if resting in a cool clear stream on a hot and burning August day. As if the air exudes words that stir heart and soul to splash ink and rejoice. In the gift of a humble poet, one that momentarily has found his truest and jubilantly poetic singing voice. God bless....

Beautiful Scars Date: 10/27/2019 2:32:00 PM beautiful rhythm and rhyme dear Robert, you never cease to amaze me...:)-luloo Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 10/27/2019 3:01:00 PM Thank you my friend. I am very pleased that you have found this creation to be a positive and realistic poetic birthing of verse describing October's colorful and inspiring imagery that we should appreciate as Nature's fine gift that it is.. God bless...

Winged Warrior Date: 10/27/2019 12:53:00 PM Great entry my friend...October never looked so good lol...and a fav...^WW^ :o) Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 10/27/2019 2:56:00 PM Thank you my friend. October and its colorful imagery far too often masks its warning of the coming of winters icy wrath. My being of a maternal Native American bloodline, winter is not a favorite season for me. Yet I did not let that future of cold and gloom destroy the inspiration found in the October rainbow of falling leaves and cool morns watching furry critters getting ready for winter.

Vijay Pandit Date: 10/27/2019 12:32:00 PM Indeed an artist's delight from your gifted pen Robert..basking in warmth of October sun..much enjoyed the beauty of your poem. A FAVE. Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 10/27/2019 2:51:00 PM Thank you my friend. Your kind words and thoughtfulness is most assuredly greatly appreciated! A blessing when an inspired theme comes along and a poet can swim in its flow to birth a new creation!

Ts Poetry Date: 10/27/2019 10:21:00 AM Always begging for more Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 10/27/2019 11:31:00 AM Soul of wit, brevity oft births jewels that gleam in leaping flames from furnaces stoked by Hephaestus's own mighty arms.. And serves to remind me of the Gods that wore his armor to battle the mighty Titans of old! God bless, you and yours....

Eileen Manassian Date: 10/27/2019 10:12:00 AM Lovely poem, Robert. I loved how you took the reader gently from spring to autumn. Yes, we beg for more of the beauty of this season. Good luck in the contest. I haven't been around much, but I'm trying to get back to being a regular on Poetry Soup. Blessings... Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 10/27/2019 11:26:00 AM Thank you my friend, so great to see you are back and contributing your exceptional poetry for we readers to enjoy and learn from. A blessing that the contest theme made my penning hand ache and my muse to chastise me. Truth is her words are oft like sharpened sword slashes that bleed poetic blood upon moaning virgin grounds of memories of Sensual Sirens A'calling..... cometh thee hither....

Sandra Adams Date: 10/27/2019 7:19:00 AM beautifully penned my friend....memories breaking through like warm burst of sun through the lines....nice write... :) hugs Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 10/27/2019 11:20:00 AM Thank you my friend. I saw the colorful fallen leaves being soaked by rain this morn. My muse whispered-- "doesnt that make your pen hand itch to ink"? Smiling , I replied, " yes but what fantastic verse will you give me to start"? She smiled and said, "You lout, must I do everything for you"? Drink another cup of coffee , wake up and ask Mother Nature for that verse"!! And such first verse you see, Mother Nature softly whispered to me. True story my friend..

Arturo Michael Date: 10/27/2019 7:08:00 AM At the End of the Day...It's Only Memories...Nice Write Robert Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 10/27/2019 11:15:00 AM Than you my friend. So true, those memories are oft more precious that diamonds and gold. At least to some of us that feel Life is the creator of treasured moments that only death can extinguish. God bless you , my friend...