Faye Gibson Poet Free verse

Once Upon An Autumn Night

The spool of twine grows thicker
with the winding up of days,
the garden vines, yellowed, hug the ground;
the air, intoxicated with over ripened fruit,
grows loud with strident voices, the insects' final song.
The cooled night breeze shoves us gently toward the fire
and the love-large harvest moon bends low to kiss her dying child.

Copyright, September 6, 2014
Faye Lanham Gibson

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Andrea Dietrich December 29, 2014 at 12:11 AM Faye, twice now I have seen your gorgeous poems tonight. A FAVE on this one!!

Jan Allison December 27, 2014 at 1:14 PM such wonderful imagery - many congrats Faye:-) hugs jan xx

Poet Destroyer A December 27, 2014 at 10:07 AM FAYE, it's an honor having your poem on my winning list. Congratulations on your win in my Autumn Night's contest. A blessing it is to be back. I love nothing more than a free feeling of falling leaves drifting away at night. Thank you for the supporting one of my many soup contest. Stop by my latest blog "Together Alone" if you'd like. No problem if you don't have time. Just take this time and enjoy your win... LOVE LINDA

Brenda Meier-Hans September 6, 2014 at 9:05 PM Beautiful Autumn poem Faye. I'd love to sit by a fire and just daydream. Good luck on the contest.

John Lawless September 6, 2014 at 4:08 PM Faye, very lovely lament and tribute to Autumn. The last line is magnificent and could have stood on its own and won this contest.

Dr. Upma A. Sharma September 6, 2014 at 11:43 AM Wonderful imagery Faye! Good luck dear friend!

Pandita Sietesantos September 6, 2014 at 10:24 AM Beautiful write, Fay, with lovely personification and imagery. This is definitely a big winner in my estimation! Pandita

Maurice Yvonne September 6, 2014 at 8:14 AM Excellent Write. I am sure this will do well in the contest.

Monterey Sirak September 6, 2014 at 7:52 AM Oh my! Wow! I am not sure what to say. Your images and the tale they tell are amazing. This is a perfect imagist poem. HD Doolittle and William Carlos Williams move over!