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poem written based upon this painting "Woman in Autumn" - rosecreations.com

Quiet Drift

the maple  
   l o o s e n s its amber hush,  
leaves drifting  
   in slow, deliberate strokes  
      around the bench  

she sits  
   in her denim skirt  
      and beige sweater,  
mittens cupping  
   the briskness  
      of the watercolor air  

a small stack  
   of pale pumpkins  
rests beside her~  
soft autumn accents  
   in the muted scene  

before her,  
   a watering can waits,  
and from its spout  
   a rabble of butterflies  
      rises,  
tiny brush marks  
   of wandering color  

she gazes  
   to her left,  
comfortable  
   in the silent drift  
      of leaves and wings~  
perhaps letting her thoughts  
   l o o s e n  
      the way the season  
         does

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