Autumn Memory Poems

Beneath the starry vault of memory, your voice lays down
Like a blanket of marble weathered by long-forgotten deities.
I've allowed my hopes to be gently polished
By...

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love and memories
through times and seasons of life
- passes on and on

today I am here
tomorrow I might be gone
- like leaves of autumn.

life is melodies,
and...

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In the cool of an autumn morning
my father and his friend, 
Jimmy Kerin, would go
mushroom picking in paddocks 
way out past the last suburban fence.
I...

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In the secret garden of memory, where echoes of silence ceaselessly blossom,
I chain my breath to the roots of the heart, now desolate, now unveiled.
Moon...

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Spice
by Lanier Thomas


A smell of rich spice—
Long walks in the Autumn woods
Memories long past
...

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dry tree branch sways 
   autumn leaf clings
               the...

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~ Once upon a long ago...
Three kids were raised on my family's farm
I am the middle child who spent more time 
working in the fields...

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Like autumn leaves tossed by the wind,
Memories of you spring up
from the concrete corners of my mind.

The brilliant colors surprise me
and I smile at things...

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In the memory of Eden, when we flew innocently,
In the nights of dreams, in the bittersweet garden, we met,
You were the pure flower, I was...

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I was an experienced family therapist, helping families maintain functionality,
As wandering, starlit seasons maintain all nature, being rooted in practicality.

I loved preserving healthy relationships, that...

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Now that I’ve reached the age in my life…when my sun is beginning to set
I’m often surprised at how my once keen and clever mind...

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Our home was lit with autumn's spicy scent.
Now spent are the forms that had something to hold:
votive molds, photo frames, vases.... forsaken.

The form within my...

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October’s here with her crisper air
As nights draw closer, warmth to share. 
Colours turn to red and gold
That brighten days of frosty cold. 
The smells...

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An old tree fell this evening,
Its ancient heart surrendered to the saw's cruel embrace,
The gnarled branches yielding to human ambition.
Nobody listened to the crying sparrows,
Their...

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