Feuille-morte
Weekly Scribblings #90: October
Ochre leaves flutter,
Clutter
Together, a mosaic
Ode to the
Beauty of summer’s death,
Earthy
Russet, gold, and umber.
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| Autumn bouquet - the vase is a new thrift store find, the little animal is a bird (his flat bird tail shows on the inside). |
The title, Feuille-morte, literally translates to "dead leaf," but also is a color. As Merriam-Webster explains it, feuille-morte is
: a
brownish orange that is deeper and slightly redder than leather,
yellower and deeper than spice, and yellower and deeper than gold
pheasant
Which about covers any autumn leaf color, doesn't it? A brownish orange, redder than this,yellower than that, and yellower than... a gold pheasant?
I think John Locke put it best.
"To make a countryman understand what feuille-morte colour signifies, it may suffice to tell him, it is the colour of withered leaves in autumn"
— John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 1690
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was a good month for your Acrostic. And you did very well. Thank you too, Lisa, I had forgotten "Ochre", a fitting word.
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Thank you. I sat outside in the October mild afternoon and listed autumnal words for October and Autumn until things made some sense!
DeleteGreat idea. I probably would have used my failing memory or google.
DeleteMost times though I try first "Rhyme Zone".
For an example, paste this: (You may already use it?)
https://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=ochre&typeofrhyme=perfect&org1=syl&org2=l&org3=y
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Yes, definitely Rhyme Zone! Any time I need rhymes.
DeleteThanks for this acrostic homage to October. Now I'm inspired to write my own!
ReplyDeleteI will look for it soon! I seldom do acrostics, so it was fun.
DeleteMay we all have such a beautiful eulogy to accompany us to the next stage.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful comment! Just lovely. Thank you.
DeleteNice acrostic evocative of October!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I worked with Autumn a bit, but October just worked best.
DeleteThanks for sharing your interesting October acrostic
ReplyDeleteAnd the process notes.
Much💜love
I added that in later. I don't speak French, so thought it might help others like me to know what the title was about.
DeleteLovely acrostic poem
ReplyDeleteThank you. :)
DeleteNice! I like the idea of the colorful leaves being a Mosaic!
ReplyDeleteThank you. The leaves look so artistic where they fall. I didn't have colorful leaves until 2011, so I'm enjoying them now!
DeleteBeautiful play of colours, in image and words.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much.
DeleteI am not usually fond of acrostics but you made me love this one. " a mosaic
ReplyDeleteOde to the Beauty of summer’s death". Oh. my word, that is breath-taking
I know what you mean! I like how it turned out, I like to think it reads like a "regular" poem and not just an acrostic.
DeleteLisa, this is so beautiful. The movement, the colors, the change dancing through the lines, the word choice encapsulating stories within stories... I love so many things about this poem, especially the way it shows that when it comes to October, beauty can be found in change and in death.
ReplyDeleteThank you. It seems to be the time that I'm seeing beauty in death, as I posted today to my other blog about the bones in an owl pellet! Tiny beautiful bones.
DeleteAcrostics are fun to compose, not an easy form. You managed this one beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThey seem so simple, yet you're right, not easy. Thank you.
DeleteYou made October even more beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYou're so kind. Thank you.
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