thecourseofourseasons

Observations from the Garden

October Wind

Posted on September 29, 2012 by The Course of Our Seasons

Walking across scattered pages
I hear the rustle of fallen leaves
Glimpses of diaried days and handwritten weeks
Calendar months torn until the fall
Pages left to read the months past
With years drifting in the october wind

I climb thru the trees along the ridge
Surrounded by gold and bronze
Iron cold days ahead
Soon wreathed in silver and faded memories

Autumn has come to the woods
And autumn has come to me.

14 thoughts on “October Wind”

Victoria C. Slotto on October 16, 2012 at 5:52 pm said:

Deft blending of page and season. Quite beautiful.

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expatinCAT on October 10, 2012 at 6:10 am said:

Tight write… // peter

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Sabio Lantz on October 10, 2012 at 4:39 am said:

love the photo — matching the words

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claudia on October 9, 2012 at 11:50 pm said:

you make this much more than autumn…glimpses of eternity in this..

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1emeraldcity on October 9, 2012 at 11:23 pm said:

“iron cold days ahead” beautiful!…as is the entire poem…I feel the chill. Great write!

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Mohana on October 9, 2012 at 11:09 pm said:

This is beautiful!

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othermary on October 9, 2012 at 7:50 pm said:

Oh, wonderful metaphor here, of time and season. I love autumn, and this has the bittersweet feel of it.

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ManicDdaily on October 9, 2012 at 6:05 pm said:

“Glimpses of diaried days and handwritten weeks” is an especially lovely line. k.

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Radiantlady on October 9, 2012 at 4:55 pm said:

Oh, those ‘iron cold days’ ahead… brrr so evocative. Time to light to fires!

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brian miller on October 9, 2012 at 4:18 pm said:

autumn has come to me…that is evocative…esp after the walk through the journals…i have kept a journal for about 8 years…and sometimes take a walk back through them….

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drawandshoot on October 1, 2012 at 11:14 am said:

“Handwritten weeks”. That’s going to stick in my head.
Very beautiful, Kathleen.

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- The Course of Our Seasons on October 3, 2012 at 1:54 pm said:
  
  Hi Karen – thanks so much! K
  
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Symanntha Renn on September 29, 2012 at 9:44 pm said:

Just beautiful!

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- The Course of Our Seasons on September 30, 2012 at 10:16 am said:
  
  Thanks so much! K
  
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