Autumn Seasons Poems

Sweet songbirds swiftly fly south to sing
complete silence greets winter's approach.
Bittersweet, Autumn's colors imply
sleet and snow will soon start to encroach.

Barbecue once again safely stowed
blue...

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In a world
Of blues and greys
Streaked in swirls
Of sunlit shadows
Hints of gold
Tinge a brisk morning air
The cool stillness ruffled
Of a glassy lake
Not a sound it...

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A Vain Word
by Michael R. Burch

Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon strands...

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The naked trees and empty fields are God's way of letting us know-

that an empty heart carries no joy.



Listen carefully to the prevailing winds for...

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A Vain Word
by Michael R. Burch
 
Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon...

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                        Love...

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A Blustery Autumn Day

Mischievous bursts of autumn’s laughter
Pulls down the last of the season’s bright artistry
 Carried away on blustery gusts,
  Weaving a tapestry...

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The final vestige of autumnal reign
Releases its exhausted grip on life ~ 
A wistful willow quivers as it falls.


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Last spring arrived with soft cocoon
I dreamed that love would visit soon
The butterfly that graced my arm
Soon flew – she thought I meant her harm
I...

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ashen leaves of fall
with pinecones bedded down
lost in snowy dreams
...

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Exiting autumn 
Gentle winds whisper
Foretelling snow storms
As last days wither
In songs of winter

Dry trees shudder
In frigid nights
Dreaming of spring’s
Blooming flowers--

Though at dawn
Pink sunrise
Warms up hearts

Birds...

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As autumn approached the colourful trees, it drained the beauty and colour of nature. The timber blissfully released its blossomed leaves to remain but lifeless…

And...

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Proud daffodils have bowed their weary heads
And roses shed their petals one by one,
Green leaves transform to gold and fiery reds
The gilded reign of autumn...

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The time of growth and change is done and past.
From thaw to frost activity prevailed, 
And change came often, often coming fast, 
Till finalizing Fall...

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Dawn of spring,
Birds on green trees,
Gardens are blooming
Smiles and babies;

Noon of summer,
Sunshine in blue skies,
Brides are smiling  
Love and ceremonies;

Sunset of autumn,
Painters near the...

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The holiday has come and gone,
and now we’ve reached the time
for fall décor to pass away,
it yields to tinsels fine.

But all the pumpkins I put...

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"Amid the jagged shadows of mossy leafless boughs"- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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  Encompassed by autumn's gloam
 Naked limbs reach for the sky
...

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Observance
by Michael R. Burch

Here the hills are old and rolling
carefully in their old age;
on the horizon youthful mountains
bathe themselves in windblown fountains . . .

By...

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Our meadow has always held surprises. That first spring when a myriad of daffodils appeared,  right where I had made my fairy garden. ...

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The Cycle of Life

I walk this golden path in fall’s cool breeze
as autumn afternoon’s warm setting sun
is shining brightly through the crimson trees,
but growing shadows...

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