School October Poems

Au revoir oh perilous freedom...

Since pledging my troth
to the missus July 25th, 1996
after the comma error
punctuated mein kampf with disequilibrium.

Ever since the notions
of life, liberty...

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Pumpkin spice wafts through the air
To spite the summer heat
I'm already planning what to wear
When I trick-or-treat

Buying back-to-school supplies
Or buying bags of candy
It's important to...

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I always knew the cider mill was across the road,
Down a little ways from Grandma's house.
This day, it must have been October;
The afternoon sun was...

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Autumn filled with wonderful colors
A perfect time for lovers
Even in snow conditions
We follow our fall traditions

Back to school
Looking cool
Homecoming dances
Start romances

Hanging with friends
On them we...

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All the children were excited, climbing the walls
Time for Annual Fall Festival at Crabbe Elementary 
Corn shocks and jack-o’-lanterns decorated the halls.

The public invited, so...

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Morning’s first frost
Ghost sprawled to lawns

Horizon sun
Snowman’s head rolled from fog

The backs of deer
Cut atop the cropped bean fields
Like circling shark fins

On the way
To my...

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a midnight surf
wet, wild and cold -
the October moon

wolf’s fiery eyes
a blood red -
howls to be fed

at the mercy of
the pike -
scarecrow in the corn

sable...

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autumn is peeking
apples for picking~baking
leaves for the raking

 

Date Written: 8/21/2022
Note: Haiku Rhyme...

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at Henry Kline Boyer Elementary School

As a Halloween costume, 
one year during early grade school, 
my father got the brilliant idea 
for his sole son...

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When I think about October,                    ...

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Today was my shopping day,                                         ...

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A cute little elementary-school-era poem composed by an emerging poet in 1963...58 long years ago -


Season of bonfires, kindling leaves,
Leaves freshly fallen from skeleton trees.

Leaves...

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fall                        ...

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Sunshine exudes its warm greetings of love,
Ushers fire trees to spread red carpets on the ground;
Summer breeze welcomes every passer-by,
Unlimited leisure time echoes to take...

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Little squirrels scampering to hide their nuts,                  ...

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