Autumn Melody Poems

Grace colors life in hues of inspiration,
falls soft on the night, with music of acceptance.
It sighs joy through the kindness, peace through the silence,
echoes the...

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Wood's voices are loud, and the wind is weary.
It hurts and hurts as the fall leaves turn dreary.
On the saffron-robed eastern dark tally swarm.
Sheets dropped...

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Autumn sings such a wistful melody
Its voice drifts softly upon the wind
a song that soothes my sullen soul 
as withered leaves tumble aground
weeping without rendering...

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Saccharine tune flows in the air of the gloomy morning,
Birds in the branches of the trees chirping
The cold breeze touches each inch of my memory
The...

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I hear the lovely dirge called Autumn Leaves.
It echoes back and forth in my obfuscated mind,
Part full of grief, part an ineffectual endeavour
To understand why,...

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The light that thrives inside 
Dances like fireflies 
Underneath a summer moon
Singing, breathing, thinking of you

The morning rises to meet the day
Flickering lively, brilliant rays
Through...

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Quaking aspens' gilded leaves
spark abundant yellow flames
White birch serenades Autumn 
Melodious sight....

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The wisps of climbing clouds floating away,
brush azure on the end-summer burnt sky.
The returning birds bathe in the sea of blue,
in twilight gleam to the...

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I Cannot Remember My Mother
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
 
I cannot remember my mother,
yet sometimes in the middle of my playing
a melody...

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The Last Dance of the Autumn Leaves

The summer goes
And autumn comes around the corner.
The green of the leaves
Turns now into yellow, orange, and red.
The first...

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Swish of  ripples weave along a ledge
my hands pretending to rap beneath inked  stars ;
while autumn winds chime a lonely rhapsody 
filling the...

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AUTUMN MELODY


Splendid leaf cushion
Mosaic of vivid hues
Cool breeze sprays crisp charm

Zing of playful kids
Rich harvest of summer toil
Mirthful mother earth!





Date: 21st September 2016
Anulaxmi Nayak...

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Roar of the wind racing in a seeming halt.
A sudden rainstorm it is.
A salutation farewell to a mournful of two hearts,
Which formerly fused with love...

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