Autumn, of your rainy eve
Dreamiest imprints leave
Believe, one drop, once to step in
Thereby translated are
Shopfront, lamp, and for a chaise*
Pathed, alleyed, roaded ways
A-daze, what's soft as silk, unto
A more cultured era.
* Horse-drawn carriage; for one or two
What first was felt, ere called to
Come down from out
Flows the trees, through; with a warmth
That's honey-lit.
What at last was, of all talk
Now out of range!
As far in time
Reached its limit!
Day into Night's bluff. As smooth
Slides, heard for croaks.
Friends' closer bond
Which did permit.
"Magdalenes and Eves"
Pin the tale on the donkey
there’s something in the way She moves
a harlot by any other name, pages of
Magdalenes and Eves
the ruin of every good world of righteous man
opened doors and gates to new universal territories
before and always will
and freedom was still kept tight
before the flood birthed doves and peace
She stood for what She was worth
bartered, maligned and misunderstood
but a vessel just the same as a floating ark
the screams of newborns doused in innocence
quiet all the senseless noise and call forth
the reason for Her thorny existence -
without the harlot there is no life at all;
a rose by any other name
except that;
all Gods are birthed
from a Woman
and that God is found
within the runes
Candide Diderot. ‘25
Reginald Grenville Eves trained at the Slade
as a portraitist his living made
Famous faces..Hardy,Shacklet&Beerbohm
long before any internet zoom
Morning comes shuns the light:
The solar sun shines ever bright;
Those the clouds wash away;
Brightness turns yellow hues to gray;
~
Evening comes tonight;
Moon shines smiles bright;
Grinning through the darkness:
Blackens embraces Saturn kiss;
8/16/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2021
IN AUTUMN’S EVES
With closed eyes in Autumn’s eves of gold
My muse flows with glory of auburn Autumn.
I feel mild Autumn zephyr to murmur.
In my eager arms I wish you to hold.
I open eyes for cotton clouds to behold.
Migratory grey geese in gossamer
fly long to mate in the rufous Fall
Emotive urge surges arrogant bold.
I wish to voice my love ever untold.
In drizzles rainbow kissing horizon.
Sparkling blooms dazzling in classy cluster.
Passion boosting dormant desire to mold.
Nascent verdure shining shedding leaves old.
Some blossoms turn bronze-red top to bottom.
Blazing brightening colors in multi-fold.
Rhyming scheme abca adea afga aba.
Line used 'When with closed eyes in Autumn's eves of gold'[
03/28/20
First Place
'Lines to Awaken your Muse 2' Contest by Joseph May
Second Place
'STRAND PICK 5' Contest by Brian Strand
*When with closed eyes, in autumn’s eves of gold,
I lie back on soft grass and feel the sky's
remaining warmth that emanates from sun,
I think of all the beauty to unfold.
I open up my eyes. The sun has rolled
down in the sky. Now streaks of pink appear
which darken to a deep and purple hue,
for Mother Nature now is growing bold!
There is so much of glory to behold!
The mountains glow, but soon they will grow black.
No matter, at the end of autumn’s days,
God’s gifts by Mother Nature are extolled.
And yes, it won’t be long - it will grow cold,
but in December I will close my eyes
recalling this. . . and I will be consoled.
March 20, 2020
* My line 1 is the 4th quote given as an option to use in a contest
sponsored by Joseph May
Now used May 21 for John Hamilton's 'Your best poem 2020' Poetry Contest
When With Closed Eyes In Autumn's Eves Of Gold
HARK, when with closed eyes in autumn's eves of gold,
A wink ere throws saffron sparks straight together,
When August incandesce ransomed stretched oft hold,
Petals smoothly turned like some noiseless feather,
The moment spent on pleats of these gown pauses,
To combine some proposed begged renown causes,
Here spread all sad chapters that had bled outward,
Plus hold true some moving verse that drew inward.
HAIL, a tale oft seasons means a chance vision,
Said subjects that are echoed, mean beauty told,
Their spun design e'er straightforward decision,
Explaining that essence, in short, measured fold,
Such use like a star show, travail its due course,
That act as a common cause purposed, a force,
My eyes meant showing that autumn still is bold,
And that chief eve approaches picturesque gold.
2020 March 05
*Honorable Mention*
STRAND CHOICE A,any form,any theme
~~Brian Strand
Rhyme Scheme;
ababccdd, ababccdd.
Howmanysyllables;
16 lines x 11 syllables per = 176 syllables total
lips of red July
blossom through our sultry eves
to pale come autumn
A crescendo
of anticipation The thrill
of speculation
A tingle
of expectation
All competing for Santa's attention
Mystical
Magical
Long-ago
Christmas eves
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