Nostalgia October Poems

Did you know there’s a sweetest day?
It’s the twenty-first. Recall it well.
On calendars it’s on display.
I’m October; sweet is my tale.

How wonderful my time in...

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She wandered about the peaceful eve
Not knowing what it was she sought
Pumpkins on porches, a few fallen leaves
Weren’t as welcome a sight as she thought

October...

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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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Echoed in the embrace of autumn’s wind,
Gentling whispers, sighing 
Breathing prayers who consume guarded
Flames from yesterday’s shadows

Considered by the trembling branches,
Tugging against the gusts,
Laughing into...

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Words spoken softly as leaves fall
Quiet prayers, restore the light
Reminiscing on dreams who call
Wishing the soul a gentle night

Autumn crunches beneath our feet
Blessed by the...

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October sunshine
weak as a newborn kitten
in the northern sky
surrounded by gentle winds
while stirring apple butter

Written October 26, 2022...

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Northern breeze
blows golden leaves,
Spinning down
from maple trees.

Fall-foliage
blanketed knee-deep,
Rest around rich
scented sediment.

While the crunching 
Sound echos, 
Over the canvas-
covered Converse.

Swirling ...
a constant melody, 
Around the timeless...

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Sometime around the first of October,
the windswept canyons I go to see.
They will be as an ocean
of blazing trees.
Yes, a multitude of trees.
Russet, red, orange...

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october memories
their falling brittle leaves
swirl in my head

colors toying in the breeze
they sing their song
they dance their dance

their one last escapade



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on...

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October lingers on the soul
Harvest blessings
In hues of hope

October sky’s
Shimmering in your eyes
Reminding me why I can delight
In the whisper of Autumn
Coloring the whole world
Shades...

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Back to the city we go
We leave you winter ghosts
To sway away on your hanger hosts
Until next year or never more

It depends on my poor...

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(Contest entry: Poet’s October Pantoum...)

Trick or Treat
(Ghosts)

These ghosts have walked the streets before,
their hollow eyes embarking for the light;
the streets are glad they’re here once...

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Its strange how I have always loved the fall
Even as a child with schools threat so near
I yawn and watched as time slowed to a...

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*Image of Pumpkin Halloween Autumn by Pixabay.

31st Of October Eve

Hark, brazen tis starry-eyed moon hath visit yon October night,
Dwelt autumn leaves hath slumbereth, for hazel...

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How I remember walking hand in hand
The morning chill in autumn air astound
When October golden days rolled around~
Slowly through the forest across his land

Reached dad's...

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