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Postember

POSTEMBER

December
Glorious month
Good will
Hearth-side colors    aromas
Sound of Jingle Bells    carols
All the senses taking one back -
    back when imagination was fertile    rooted in
     In magic    and love
We – even the godless – cherish the entire month
But what when December fades?
I say there should be another month
Oh    not rooted in time –
A contemplative month – outside the let-down that is
    January 2nd

Postember
When one goes out the window    taps the eternal
    love and joy    listening to that inner voice 
    proclaiming –
“Nothing is over
Here is eternal Christmas      in the true sense
Linger”

Copyright © Daver Austin | Year Posted 2011

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Elizabeth Wesley Date: 6/29/2011 12:35:00 PM December is the month to be cosy and that is the feeling I have reading this. Enjoyed Daver, thanks for your visit. Login to Reply

Carolyn Devonshire Date: 6/6/2011 10:26:00 AM Hi Daver, really enjoyed the comment you left on Sara's poem about the mirage. Guess we both loved "Call of the Wild." As a teen Jack London was one of the few authors who really caught my attention. Love the man vs nature conflicts best. Love, Carolyn Login to Reply Daver Austin Date: 6/7/2011 3:21:00 PM I read Call of the Wild in one afternoon - age 17. Love, Dave

James Foulk Date: 6/5/2011 8:45:00 PM very creative, enjoyed. thank you for commenting on zoo closed. Login to Reply

Kabuteng P.Ink K. Date: 6/5/2011 12:56:00 PM Such unique (yet also a bit sad) musings, Daver and I like how you have a month for it, "Postember"-- you capture so much here -- definitely makes me think-- I hope you have a great week....hugs :) Login to Reply

Nette Onclaud Date: 6/4/2011 4:57:00 AM i try, try to keep the essence of love everyday as if it were december---no season for warmth, daver; it's an everyday thing! divine as you are!! likey much.. :) huggs, nette Login to Reply

Constance La France Date: 6/3/2011 7:25:00 PM How beautiful Daver, yes, why can the peace and love of Christmas not be everyday~~ Login to Reply

Carolyn Devonshire Date: 6/3/2011 2:29:00 PM Your poem describes the "let down" after the holidays so well, Daver. Lingering in an "eternal Christmas" sounds a whole lot better than facing January 2. I've been away for a week fishing off Key West. If you check my blog, you'll see some fish photos. Imagine -- a whole week without TV, radio or internet. It was a dream come true! You should see the fish we caught. I'm sharing it with five families, including Dane Ann's. Love you heaps, Carolyn Login to Reply

Gwendolen Song Date: 6/2/2011 1:14:00 PM How delightful to invent a NEW MONTH after the holiday letdown...the New Year's hang overs are subsided....just plain ole great idea, Daver! Can I keep this for a favorite!? Why, I think I shall! Best to you , DAver. Hope u are really doing well! Gwendolen Login to Reply

Carol Sunshine Brown Date: 6/2/2011 9:43:00 AM What a ~Magnificent~ poem Daver. I am loving where your dear heart is today my friend. Love, Carol Login to Reply

Sara Kendrick Date: 6/2/2011 9:29:00 AM Enjoyed this one..Yes, if we could feel and spread around those feeling that we have Christmas this would be a better place..Sara Login to Reply

Robert A. Dufresne Date: 6/2/2011 3:44:00 AM Okay Daver. I'm with you there as I imagine many others are. This poem is filled with appropo lines and points. It's an ingenious whrite in many ways. I could have skipped all the above I guess by just saying I love it. Thanks for sharing it. Into my favs right along with you, my friend. Login to Reply

Andrea Dietrich Date: 6/1/2011 9:57:00 PM So deep and so inventive, Daver. this is a treasure. To think of a month like this!! It makes me feel so nostalgic. ARe you feeling ok today? Now that I am entering the age of aches and pains, I am really feeling for you,my friend. LUv, Andrea Login to Reply

Dr.Ram Mehta Date: 6/1/2011 6:29:00 PM Nice worded a new word Postember, daver Login to Reply

Michelle Mac Donald Date: 6/1/2011 5:37:00 PM You've such a deep soul, Daver. "Postember" sounds like a good add-on month, or at least an extension to the month filled with "love and gaiety". Wistful thoughts and fond memories. Here some have Christmas in July...the mosquitoes must sing, while the people dance? Best wishes! Love, Mikki (soup mail) Login to Reply Daver Austin Date: 6/2/2011 12:08:00 PM "Christmas in JUly." Is there a song like that? If not there should be. The last three lines are poetry, oh talented one. Love, daver