Claiming September
this world, connected by signals
cell phones, towers impregnated by vibrations
mild colors, flames rising from the hopes
hues stolen by the edges of a heart,
who hears the wind in the trees, the struggle
the need of raindrops, poignant
stroking the last of the moments before
Helene spoke her war with creation
a war that left time off its foundation –...
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Categories:
september, fear, horror, mountains, rain,
Form: Free verse
Vulnerability Comes In The Form Of A Hospital GownThe security guard at
the hospital admired
my taste in clothing.
I'm certain I reminded
him of himself when he was
younger.
Now, he was an old man
with a wife and children.
I never got around to telling
him, but I wished we could've
switched lives.
He could keep my clothes,
and I could experience...
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Categories:
september, allusion, anger, how i
Form: Free verse
The way I remember it
summer of my youth
colourful as i remember
it was when i did
my growing up
i'd spread my wings
and sow my freedom
while i could because
september would always
come around too fast
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Categories:
growing up, remember, september,
Form: Free verse
LeafLone, tall, verdant wobbling leaf
Strong autumn gales come
Immovable, unbending...
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Categories:
analogy, autumn, green, september,
Form: Haiku
Thought To Order NatureI thought to order Nature,
yet it rained that picnic day:
apparently her sun, did not listen,
had she even bothered to ask, my wonder?
I thought to order Nature --
in retrospect, a Saturday blunder.
I thought to order Nature --
fondest of autumn now my late fall --
bright patterns, so enlivening!
Speckled flora, like my own
somewhat disheartening, though...
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Categories:
september, autumn, change, humorous, nature,
Form: Free verse
Written"Written"
There is a rhythm to us,
a quiet knowing in the spaces between.
Not hurried, not forced
just the gentle pull of something timeless,
written long before we knew.
Your warmth lingers in my days,
a soft light in the places I keep hidden.
I do not chase it, ...
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Categories:
september, august, destiny, for her,
Form: Rhyme
September Emit Elegance White roses stand in subtle elegance,
A light breeze stirs awe of tasteful fragrance.
A marriage under a spreading old tree
On a grassy lawn, edged with trellis-free
Ambiance kiss of fallen amber leaves,
A continuous aesthetic spins and weaves....
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Categories:
september, garden,
Form: Rhyme
SeptemberIts September
Where is your rain muse ?
weve got our Autumn here
I'm drawing a line
on Summer past
like some bedraggled dragon
its chore has commenced
The buddleia is slightly drawn
and the red roses have died down
The Fern tree is re-splendid
in its promise
potted under my Robina
There's spinach and broad beans
for spring
...
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Categories:
september, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Before My Eyes
flashed autumn’s trees, the limbs gray
leaves crunching quietly,
like a feeling
being crushed, crumpled
lost dreams
who compel me to see the grief
the nostalgia – graceful as a still light
falling, aching, engraving
hope into the heart, hesitating
so I know the music of a thought
who hears joy flowing on the echoes
grieving for the past, where love could last
but never, on...
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Categories:
september, appreciation, autumn, poetry, river,
Form: Free verse
Taste tableThe crack of a twig..' Some snickers, there's natter.'
Double cream underJam with seeds; just homely feeds.'
A duck on a piano, under willow fronds in Devon; England.'...
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Categories:
blessing, character, england, september,
Form: Rhyme
SeptemberIts September
Where is your rain muse ?
weve got our Autumn
I'm drawing a line
on Summer past
like some bedraggled piston
its chore has gone
The buddleia is slightly drawn
and the red roses have died down
The Fern tree is re-splendid
in its promise
potted under my Robina
and weve got our spinach to grow
for spring...
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Categories:
september, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Whispers to Septemberdear september,
tell me, “you’ll be fine”
tell me, “you won’t bleed”
tell me, “your eyes won’t rain”
tell me, “your wounds will heal”
tell me, “you won’t be sad”
tell me, “this month won’t be same”
tell me, “it’s the happiest you’ll be”
tell me, “someone will love you”
tell me, “words won’t be shot at me”
tell me, “memories won’t haunt you”
tell me,...
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Categories:
september,
Form: Free verse
September Dreaming
In the backwoods of my soul
where dreams are lost
and moments grow cold
among the bitter
of a winter’s storm
as embers of frosty feelings
ooze through the melancholic
drifting, nomadic, aimless
guilty of only the grief
brought to life in the twilight
reflections still and weathered
wearied by the truth
forever and always colored in hues
soundless music, foretelling
wings like leaves, dancing free
hovering beneath the...
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Categories:
september, autumn, dream, imagery, memory,
Form: Free verse
septmeberSometimes the air feels like concrete
Weighing my lungs down and filling my veins with stone
The world can move so slowly when this happens
Every moment an eternity to reflect
Inner thoughts become fogged over
And the hearts feeling impossible to decipher
Once a year I can breathe freely
The fall brings a dull environment that comforts the nerves
I don’t...
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Categories:
september, analogy, anxiety, art, deep,
Form: Free verse
It was overHow a caring and kind gentleman,
Changed into an indifferent and cold blooded in a short instance.
Why was he so mean to me,
Can't keep the simple fun loving friendship,
His relationship was not everything I need.
Yes, he infected me with his poison affections,
But, he could not destroy me with his treatments.
I wished I knew what has...
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Categories:
september, break up, change, memory,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of September Poems
Definition | What is September in Poetry?