Best Merse Poems

...Blush
fair skies 
mist Sol-kissed
citrine seduced 
mimosa clouds bask
dreamy in champagne light 

golden-god’s sparkle fills
chalices roused and
rouged as poppies
hail dawn with
unfurled 
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...Leaves
Of gold
Shimmering
Like flames of fire 
Dancing in sunlight
Panoramic color

Fall’s splendor, unsurpassed
Vibrant majesty
A symphony
For the eyes
Nature’s
Song


September 20,20......

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...I 
adore
kicking through
crisp crunchy leaves
of gold, red and brown
carpeting the damp ground


Biting winds chill our bones
pumpkin soup warms us
and we’ll snuggle
up by a
b......

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...three
trees drop
scarlet laced
marmalade leaves
maple sheen spilling
on burgundy meadows

where tart October winds
swirl with sharp colors
yellow limbs fade
drowsy gray
awaits
May

9/11......

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...calm
placid
clear blue lake
serene and still
in a wide palm-fringed
rich green verdant valley

mother duck leads and swims
in the tranquil lake
ducklings white, soft
follow her
one by
one......

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...Harvest Hues

Frost
Glitz on
Bittersweet -
Chrysanthemums
With sunshine centers
Wear tints of pumpkin spice

Marigolds debonair
Bow to Goldenrods
Rust Asters jive -
Celebrate
Harvest
Hu......

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...whorl
of gig,
seasonal
festivity ~
shapely, forested feast,
fairyland of colors.

scarlet, gold, and pumpkin,
reddish-purple notes ~
serenade of
surging gale’s
lavish
spe......

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...quite
dazzling:
sheer beauty
of autumn woods.
leaves of red and gold
twirl about in the air.

butterflies float under
the br......

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...In the fifties, just a lad
Cheering locals with me Dad  
2nd tier, watch 'em play, 
Mannion, Peacock, Clough and Day 

Swinging 60s, working man 
Got the fever, diehard fan, 
3rd division, hea......

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...dreadnaughts split the sky
whorl motions of atmospheres
merse the wicked sun......

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...Sky
blushing~
trees in bronze
dance as leaves fall,
carpeting the earth
in brown, gold and yellow;
A gentle gypsy wind
blows down the meadow
exuding scent
of old rose~
I smell
YOU.


22......

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...dawn
rises
splendidly
with amber rays
spreading across sky 
the joy of new day’s light

magic glazes the sky
as days seamlessly
pass into nights
painting rich
hues at
dusk


Au......

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...Bright
cascades
of swirling 
leaves, festivals,
blankets of frost, snow,
Thanksgiving gatherings,
hot cocoa and board games
by the fire, plans for
Christmas—reasons
autumn so
thrills my
so......

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...gold
speckled
painted leaves
skitter in breeze
decorate my lawn
eager for my raking

I enjoy the sight of
nature's colorful 
autumn beauty
of gold leaf
before
cold

THIRD PLACE WINNER
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...Dawn
Lingers
Scattering
Violet and
Bluish shades of green
Across the limpid sky.

From craggy high cliff nests
Blue rock thrush emerge
To sing first notes
Of nature’s 
Morning 
Hymn.


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