Autumn Rain Poems

You fell in October, like autumn leaves
Funny it was a hot day.
The avocado tree was budding.
I knew you only a short while,
But it broke me...

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a sapphire quarry
rainstorms of an Autumn dawn
stulm's wet lavenders

*stulm: mine entrance...

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close up, beneath the microscope,
faint veins design subtle roadmaps
following the paths and streets, lanes
leading over peaks, reflecting

lovely stardust, broken fragments
close up, beneath the microscope,
gentling flames...

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sere
summer
languishes,
encouraging
anticipated,
tempestuous.
blusterous
autumn
rain...

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I woke early this November morning
just before shadows fell at day's dawning. 
In a drizzling shower this Autumn day,
I meandered through a mist filled meadow...

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Ono no Komachi Translations

These are my modern English translations of the ancient Japanese poems of Ono no Komachi…

"It's over!"
Your words drizzle like dismal rains,
bringing tears,
as...

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“The Smell of your hair after the rain”.

 I'm lost for words, I Shake my head,
 I take your hand,
 You stop to stare at...

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The evening of November first
Brought forth a gentle rain
For autumn sought to slake its thirst
While October had abstained

How fair to spare the children
That they might...

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Your beauty flows,
With your hair,
Like the waves,

Candlelit pleasure,
Violins of the moonlight,
Jazz in november,
The irises a lovely sight,

Ive never swayed in the vineyard,
Until with the moon,
Your...

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October is one of those months that begin to transition and change to prepare for winter.

As our days begin to shorten, this tenth month brings...

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The end of October is mild but rainy,
every plump pumpkin has been picked,
the lonely scarecrow is too weary;
oh, he's annoyed and tired of being kicked
by...

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The wind came, and sat on his chair
As flowers bloomed here and there
We sat with the sun, and had some tea
The wind invited too his...

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Autumn was my favorite time to play when I was young
Weather wet and wonderful is worthy to be sung
Rain is restitution for a summer hot...

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it rained and it rained, when monsoon embraced the fall,
eager was the Earth, waiting for their sacred union to befall.
she befriends the tender drizzle and...

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Written; September 29, 2023
Etheree Contest                    ...

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