Autumn Poems | Examples of Autumn Poetry

A frigid spell of arctic air adorns the tranquil western scene; a stunning glimpse of fall’s affair with spring’s vivacious flower queen. When autumn’s cooling wind combines with April's warming playful breeze, a whirling tempest paints designs on grounds of winter’s icy freeze. On sculptured hills of milky snows October's tepid finger strolls, and May's...

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These are English translations of Issa haiku about the seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter. Autumn wind ... She always wanted to pluck the reddest roses ?Kobayashi Issa translation by Michael R. Burch Issa wrote the haiku above after the death of his daughter Sato with the note: “Sato, girl, 35th day, at the grave.” In this world where I was born every...

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Unleashed by a breeze in autumn, I could f l o a t. What was magical then has become a melancholy note. I drift through mist; Farewell to...

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in the autumn morn a chickadee visiting ~ love upon the wing AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

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inhaling brightness while tasting sunset’s breeze . . . caressed by fall’s bliss...

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Fading gentle touch, Echoes drift like autumn leaves— Sweetness slips away. _____________________________________________________ Author’s Note: Like autumn leaves quietly drifting away, this haiku speaks to the fading of a gentle touch. It captures that bittersweet moment when something tender slips through our hands, yet leaves behind a soft echo in the heart—a quiet trace of what once was, still lingering in...

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persuasive “ “ “ “ “ “ “ waters in gravitational pull plummeting “ “ “ “ ...

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CHINESE TRANSLATIONS IV These are English translations of Chinese poems about nature, the seasons, autumn, winter, spring, night, time, tears, flowers and love. Seeking a Mooring by Wang Wei loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch A leaf drifts through infinite space, a cold wind rends distant clouds. The river flows seaward, the tide repulses. Beyond the moonlit reeds, in unseen villages, I hear fullers’ mallets pounding...

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glistening shadows fading gently into light ~ breaking through egos ...

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Leaf got cried, On moving apart. The pain wandered Inside a Lil heart. The living trend, Lasting for long Blowed the wind Asking the will along! To separate heartily Relations on a bid! Aparting soul merrily! Getting a silent rid! The determine lasts One the only will, Before moments pass, Earlier to be shrinked! Asking for a heart Emotions let filled! One with fond arts Living love still!...

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Autumn gold turned grey, We all do, including you, Soul lights fade away.......

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"Lingering leaves of gold frolic / frolicked in the autumn wind" Quote by the sponsor A crisp chill in the air, not being warmed by the sun. I hear rustling, a sure sign that autumn has begun. "Lingering leaves of gold frolic / frolicked in the autumn wind" My love of Autumn and its gold leaves will never...

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in front of us a patch packed with pumpkins . . . summer behind us...

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"There is a harmony in autumn, and a lustre in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!" - Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelly -------------------------------------------------------- "Lingering leaves of gold frolic frolicked in the autumn wind" humid air-dampened shy trees start to shed slowly all inhibited emerald green Friendly few...

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Summer smashes into Spring with violent heat that leaves the air in a hazy daze.  All of the tender, green rain-draped brilliance of young foliage giving way to the drab, sunbaked drowsy green that swelters and gasps for rain all through Earth's yearly simmering.  Boiling and drying in invisible and malicious rays, all green tends to...

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