Autumn Rondeau Poems

The evanescent canvas, colors slowly fade
but fading in the sun, the moon is not afraid.
transient are the footprints etched in sand
with time and tide, meets...

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"Attitude, love, and delight can color a garden as surely as flowers."

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In the meadow a frosty morning chill
Greets a lazy, rising autumn sun until
Warming rays melt the remaining dew
Heavily-clad, I shall think of you,
As I start...

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End of summer whistles through trees,
Like skylarks floating on the breeze
Staying awhile, a month or more,
Until winds come in howling roar
Blowing sleet, snow, and bitter...

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On smiles of spring glows ruby rose
Where through thaw fresh lilies arose
Flexing zest bright in crimson zeal
Blooming sidewalks that flaunt appeal
Sporting new growth in hues...

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Falling softly against a beloved, silent dawn
Leaves of every color, amber and gold
Breath of summer joy has finally gone
Autumn drifts in to reveal whispers of...

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Charles d'Orleans: a Medieval Marvel


Spring
by Charles d’Orleans (c. 1394-1465)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Young lovers,
greeting the spring
fling themselves downhill,
making cobblestones ring
with their wild leaps and...

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Our witches travel safely as a pair,
Our goblin’s bonfire rises into the air.
Ghouls and vampires are a gruesome sight.
Windows begin to fill with bright lights.
October...

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Here I will stay in veiled warm sun
cradled in autumn's golden spun
leaves, pleased with nature's heaven scene
kisses blown in red, brown, and green
weaving around my...

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CHRYSANTHEMUM 

Chrysanthemum, chameleon joy
King’s pleasure bud, a golden boy
A southern belle, snowball whiteout
Perfect for a desired night out
Welcome to her flirtatious ploy

Flashy pretty petals, not...

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Rain gently falls this autumn night
    Her thoughts caressed in misty flight
 As she walks on the lonely lane
 Shadows cast a...

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The first time I saw her playfully dancing in the breeze
to the soft rustling music played by the bright autumn leaves.
Under the dusky rose sky...

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Ripe red apples

where ladders lean against the trees

Ripe red apples

where rust and green creates a chapel

God's  bounty nestles in the leaves

A taste of autumn...

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The breath of autumn, from behind a veil
of days lit golden, comes! The sun will fail
to keep its fiery hold on us, and soon
the trees...

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THE ABSTRACT


                    Sound of silence
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