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Under September Skies

One night all alone in the garden Under September skies; The moon was gone but the starlight shone And glowed like your beautiful eyes. Away from the shimmer and lamplight I stood so lonely there; While the noise of the throng was loud in song And floated on the air. You looked down through the starlight And I looked up at you; A memory came that I could not name A feeling unknown and new. We were lovers for a short time only So why should I feel such pain? To know you would go where tomorrow Would not bring you to me again. The time that flies fast between us Can never be captured I know; For hours now sleep and eyes now weep As the turmoil spins below. But I know that I shall remember Though I will try my best to forget; How I looked in your eyes under September skies After the moon had set

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Keith Bickerstaffe

Date: 6/7/2012 3:18:00 PM

Simply lovely! Again, exquisite rhyming, cadence and imagery. Your final two lines draw it all together. :) x

Ravindra K Kapoor

Date: 9/30/2011 2:33:00 PM

Reading your September Poem on the last day of September has left me in a mood of melancholy. It was pleasure reading this lovely sad note, as often the most desired pleasure come from understanding the pains of others. Excellent write my friend conveying the feelings of what we call ‘Viyog’ in Hindi and thank you for your kind and precious comments which you have left on 'Radha's Love Song 2'. Love and best wishes always...Ravindra..... elizabeth wesley

Windyann Plunkett

Date: 9/29/2011 9:01:00 PM

You are so wonderfull! I am feeling so sad tonight and somehow you have capture a sorrow filled with hope. I love september. Thanks miss! I LOVED

Tim B

Date: 9/28/2011 11:54:00 PM

A most perfect flow to this, and the capturing of emotion you do so well is exemplified in this poem. Melancholy notes and a painful questioning. Do not fret about those bears, if anything and it came to it, I'd give him a fair shot and use my bare hands :P. Bravo on this one though!

Joyce Johnson

Date: 9/28/2011 7:19:00 PM

Lovely writing elizabeth. I am sure 'll be seeing more of your pennings. Thank you for your kind comments. Love, Joyce

Terrell Martin

Date: 9/28/2011 4:39:00 PM

Elizabeth, I'd give anything to write even half as beautiful as this. You're talented beyond belief and thanks for blessing us with your soul filled spirit of inner love songs. Especially this one. Its another lovely heart stopper:) Terry

Kabuteng P.Ink K.

Date: 9/28/2011 4:01:00 PM

ah how fleeting love can be, and yet the time spent is timeless... beautiful write yet again, Lizzie--:)

M. Hussain Effendi

Date: 9/28/2011 8:52:00 AM

You've written this one better than Shakespeare! Sadly true, the feelings of a weeping heart have been expressed with such ease here. The flow is perfect, as always is with your poetry, dear Liz.

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 9/28/2011 8:07:00 AM

Keep writing from your heart dear Elizabeth. You amaze me with your writing and I am sure others are amazed also. Love, Carol

Robert Johnson

Date: 9/27/2011 10:16:00 PM

It took you a verse to get going. After that, you really were flowing. It's always amazing when you get to phrasing. And wrap it all up in the end. After the fall harvest moon had set. Please forgive me for being forward. I think the last line needed something. We all tend to want to just wrap things up at the end. Then again, maybe you don't agree with my little edit. hhhhh!! :)

Kevin Clark

Date: 9/27/2011 6:34:00 PM

Another beautiful poem from inside your heart.

Judy Ball

Date: 9/27/2011 4:21:00 PM

WoW! What lovely veerse! Loved this. I had the vision of a lonely woman standing alone in the moonlight with her memories. Super stuff. God Bless, JB

Honestly J.T.

Date: 9/27/2011 3:32:00 PM

like one of my poems say, "Yet I stand - speechless." Keep doing your thing.

Russell Sivey

Date: 9/27/2011 3:14:00 PM

What a sad love poem, it tugged at my heart and left me weeping to see a September sky! Wonderfully written Lizzie and the line, "Though I will try my best to forget;" is such a powerful line...and so true!! Too bad this isn't for any contest, or is it? because you would win hands down!!

Tobey Hill

Date: 9/27/2011 1:53:00 PM

Another winning piece...TAH

Dan Kearley

Date: 9/27/2011 12:55:00 PM

You have once again brought loving pain into my heart.September skies will never be the same for me. :*(

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 9/27/2011 11:20:00 AM

Very powerful especially how it ends emphasized with the meter [But I know that I shall remember/ Though I will try my best to forget;] Light & Love

Tony Lane

Date: 9/27/2011 9:59:00 AM

Beautiful poem Lizzie. I can see the sky through the branches of the trees.