Autumn Seasons Poems

Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
Contest: Seasons Now And After
Date of poem: 11th August, 2025
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The noon heat no longer burns like dog days,
Storms now caress the leaves with...

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Air feels like silk but, outside there’s a chill
The sun hangs low, like it’s waiting to thrill
Heat’s in my skin humming soft and slow
Gold drips...

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Contest : Seasons Now And After
Sponsored by : Nette Onclaud
Date : August 10, 2025


Trails of rain fade at the fringe of summer,
supple northern breeze whispers...

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E-gads! I wanted to enter
this contest...now, not an adjective left -- 
Any attempt to describe would be theft! 

Nothing related to do, but visit my...

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AUTUMN IS NEAR
Poem written for and submitted to “SEASONS NOW POETRY CONTEST,” August 6, 2025, Nette Onclaud, sponsor
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brushstroke of a cooler breeze paints my skin.
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Crisp chills of air betwixt the leaves;
Uninterrupted,their autumnal descent.
Shed from clusters of molting trees,
Color fades from limbs barren and bent.

Branches shiver in the shifting wind,
Foretelling...

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Life Without You

Life without you 
in cold desert sand,
I walk without shadow,
the sun too tired to care.

Alone in the place I used to know,
walls whisper...

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a crisp august night
evokes vibrant changing leaves ~
autumn's bitter kiss...

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a red-orange golden glow
covers faded summer leaves- 
autumn's magic brush

Leaves, neath autumn skies
turned from green to burnished gold
blaze new landscape views-
hand in hand, our hearts...

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Half Past Summer, Two Months To Fall

The sultry legs of summer dance under sunny skies
Each day, the steps are heated and embraced
She lies in summer's...

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 Spring blooms bring
 joy, spreading
 their fragrance

 Summer heat
 Sizzles us
 with its rays

 Autumn winds
make leaves dance,
 chills us out 
...

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Winter storm. 
Question marks 
fall like snow 
on shoulders bent 
with seeking.

Hollow caverns 
where certainty 
once lived
echo chambers 
of why.

Face pressed 
against cold glass. 
Fingertips...

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“In the fall, I believe again in poetry...”
— Jaakko A. Ahokas

When September comes through heated breezes,
sunflowers watch droll dragonflies duet
to tunes of melodic taunts and...

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Twigs and dried leaves talk timeless tales cuddling together.
Parrot pandemonium camouflage under fading flowers
I've witnessed seasonal cycles. Is the deep calling me?
...

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Summer is a time of wanderlust and fun with long days and warm nights
A season to enjoy the outdoors as we cultivate our many gardens...

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