Last October
Of all the days
in all the months
October is the one
I’d choose
if only one more gifted
Trees aglow in hues unseen
all green-steeped summer long
With corn stalks' brittle rustle
Gourds and pumpkins line the rails
gathered off my vines
While colors warm and colors bright
are nice
October’s light is best
The sun has shifted
Slightly tilted
Shadows lengthen
as do nights
Give me Autumn if I must
choose only one
Make it October
One long October
One last October
©2020 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved
Weekly Scribblings #39: October Thrills
I would totally l support an Autumn that was all Octobers. All pumpkins and spiced tea, all skull cakes and nights filled by storytelling.
ReplyDeleteI love these lines so much:
"October’s light is best
The sun has shifted
Slightly tilted
Shadows lengthen
as do nights"
The s sounds give the imagery an extra touch.
Again, welcome to Poets and Storytellers United, Lisa. If you look around our site, you'll see that we post prompts on Wednesdays and on Sundays, and the latter is open link. Hope to read more of you!
Thank you, for the compliment and the welcome! I am thrilled to find the site. I need that little extra push to write regularly.
DeleteWell, if you're gonna write regularly, and you write regularly here, you can count on me to enjoy your decision. I esp like the repetition in your closing stanza. Welcome aboard.
ReplyDeleteThank you! My plan is to be more regular. No, I WILL be more regular!
DeleteThere is something magical about October's light, isn't there? One of my tea teachers talked about it, as an extra aspect of the tea room that we don't think about, since it's not something we have any hand in preparing.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I never thought about the lighting, it's something I just take for granted.
DeleteHaving lived in both England and Australia in October, it is a month of promises of harsh weather to come up north or warm balmy days down under promising a hot Christmas in summertime, where Father Christmas gets a bit hot under the collar with his traditional garment. Glad you found us and hope we read more of you.
ReplyDeleteI have never lived anywhere with the storybook white Christmas. Although I suppose in the Southern hemisphere there are storybooks with summer Christmases! Like a Night Before Christmas where instead of a "crest of new fallen snow," it could be "a crest of hot sandy dune." Once growing up we went to Palm Springs over Christmas, and that was actually nice. My mother always threatened to cancel Christmas and "go to the desert!"
DeleteWelcome from me too, and what a gorgeous poem! I love Autumns, though here in Australia they don't happen in October. This October looks like being a very pleasant month of Spring.
ReplyDeleteNice to be entering spring instead of wondering if winter will be harsh! Enjoy you nice weather!
DeleteLove the sun shifting and tilting .... I thoroughly enjoyed reading your poem.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much.
DeleteThe longer October lasts, the better!
ReplyDeleteI agree, I am not really a much of a fan of winter, and summer is too hot to enjoy a lot of the time.
DeleteThe light (and air) is special in October - the leaves and the earth smell so good.
ReplyDeleteYou're right! I love the smell of dry leaves!
DeleteI so enjoyed your poem, and am inclined to agree. October is special for sure. I think you're new to us. We look forward to more of your words.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Yes, I am new! This is my first time participating! I am looking forward to more.
DeleteVery nice!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
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