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That Pause Between Summer and Autumn
Nette Onclaud’s contest, Seasons Now and After,
August 11, 2025.
Autumn is here! some flowers still blooming,
but the first freeze is forecast in the news.
Gorgeous flowers face gardeners’ fuming;
every autumn we mourn the garden blues.
The next few days display the dreary glimpse
of what autumn’s coolness chose to unlock.
With sword-like sudden drop in autumn temps,
we find free growth is foiled by yearly shock.
And yet my whimsi-calla lily thrives.
Out of habit, she holds sway o'er first frost.
Like my precious baby’s breath she survives.
I savor these days, summer is not lost.
Copyright ©
Reason A. Poteet
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