Metaphor October Poems

Waving at October...!
welcome the rain,
watching leaves flying to die.
Between colours and cold,
new changes to breath...

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In autumn's graceful waltz of time,
Beauty and decay intertwine.
Where joy and sorrow blissfully dance
In grace, they move, a mesmerizing rhyme.

Leaves unfurl like a painter's dream,
A...

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On forboding...


The rocky cliffs 
Stark against midnight 
Somber and austere.

Darkness sharp cold drifts 
In hollow halls 
In empty rooms with broken windows!

Deep underground...
In the deepest...

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...a bitter time

WINTER OF MISERY
It clings to all...
Freezing our bones.
Chilling our passion...
Land's are lost in this winters Blizzard...
A cold season of bitter fruits.
A life that...

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Here I sit...
Behind steering wheel.
My back is numb
My head reels.
Cars pass me left and right
Ribbons of crimson taillights 
Leave traces behind my eye
Deep in my...

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booms of autumn, string a tremble
stomps of thunder, march in rumble
trampling the gallows, timber to knee
tips the scales, burdens a leaf

the harvest crown a true...

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Rain for weeks
bruised October.

The burden of bitter
air spewed from the
drain of my swollen yard.

Already the birds had turned
to pirates.
I saw the night let
a blind rag...

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Autumn unreeled
Forests shaken hollow
               settling
      ...

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Myth, after Dylan Thomas
by Michael R. Burch

Here the recalcitrant wind
sighs with grievance and remorse
over fields of wayward gorse
and thistle-throttled lanes.

And she is the myth of...

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Woke up with roses 
Their company puts me at ease 

The morning sun kisses them 
Adding color to my bleached walls 

Woke up with their...

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With chilling breaths, October's magic sighs

          The pastel golds and umbers drifting bright

   ...

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gently beaming just above
you tempt me with your glowing charm
and stir within these thoughts of love
while sending softly fear’s alarm.

and on this late October eve
with...

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~     fall breeze tickles leaves,


                ...

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Thoughts of an Old October Elm Tree

My browning leaves decry
My farewell to Mrs. Summer and her plush;
With her desperate gasping push
Against cold and coming days.

When...

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How we loved the same
Foods, had the same dreams,
Wanted the same future, longed for the
Same life together, loved the same movies
And songs and books and...

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