Soft charcoal and wind, Atop a fire-limned ocean, Swirling bird clouds dancing, Spider webs and bursting milkweed, Cattail seeds tufting on the wind, The world is damp and at the fringes of life, Ghosts haunt the fields and hollows, Bygone Summer days withering away.
Everything dies in color, Except only the sky, Awash in endless varietals of grey, Another year dancing to Autumn's Palette.
AquarianM
By Daniel A. Stafford (C) 11//11/2023
Romantic, I love my wife, family, and Humanity. I.T. & Telecomm Nerd, I'm back in long-distance telecomm since November 2022. Sci-Fi & Comic-Book super-hero guy, I watch & read all things Marvel, DC, and more. Musically, I listen and futz. Podcastistic Host, I do a YouTube channel. But when my Muse comes to town, I get swept up in a word tornado, and no subject matter can escape...
Thank you Cat. All those years living around the Great Lakes.
Dan
Romantic, I love my wife, family, and Humanity. I.T. & Telecomm Nerd, I'm back in long-distance telecomm since November 2022. Sci-Fi & Comic-Book super-hero guy, I watch & read all things Marvel, DC, and more. Musically, I listen and futz. Podcastistic Host, I do a YouTube channel. But when my Muse comes to town, I get swept up in a word tornado, and no subject matter can escape...
Post by Catlady2710 on Nov 11, 2023 19:18:36 GMT -6
I spent my life around Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. First Lake Ontario where I was born and lived for all my life until we moved out here by Lake Erie 7 years ago. Don't really know the other 3 lakes though. We have spent all our lives in Ontario, Canada by these two great lakes.
Last Edit: Nov 11, 2023 19:20:15 GMT -6 by Catlady2710
I spent my life around Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. First Lake Ontario where I was born and lived for all my life until we moved out here by Lake Erie 7 years ago. Don't really know the other 3 lakes though. We have spent all our lives in Ontario, Canada by these two great lakes.
I was born in far Southern Wisconsin. My Dad's mom lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and the first water I remember playing in was Lake Superior. I worked for nearly 20 years in downtown Chicago, and my wife's family had a house over in the Indiana Dunes. We'd go swimming in Michigan in the late Summer sometimes. Of course I swam in small lakes all over Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan. Autumn 🥮🍁 in that area was always like I just described, when the skies were soft grey, and the land was tawny and aflame.
Dan
Romantic, I love my wife, family, and Humanity. I.T. & Telecomm Nerd, I'm back in long-distance telecomm since November 2022. Sci-Fi & Comic-Book super-hero guy, I watch & read all things Marvel, DC, and more. Musically, I listen and futz. Podcastistic Host, I do a YouTube channel. But when my Muse comes to town, I get swept up in a word tornado, and no subject matter can escape...
Post by Catlady2710 on Nov 12, 2023 11:32:06 GMT -6
Believe it or not, you lived north of me. Where I live in Ontario is abut the most southern part of Ontario you can get. Toronto, where I grew up, and Mississauga where I raised my children is south of you. These two cities are only divided by a street. Foxy used to find it hard to believe that I lived south of some states all my life, until I sent her a map showing her the deep southern dip between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie - Lake Erie being the most southern. Toronto is near the lowest part of Lake Ontario, and where I live on the shores of Lake Erie is staight across the water from Erie, Pennsylvania - only about 35 miles across the lake between where I live and the shores of Erie. Check out this google map
Post by goldenmyst on Nov 14, 2023 21:18:33 GMT -6
Dan, I love your poem. The autumn solstice spirit glows like a dark red leaf spiraling from a tree. You really have the gift, my friend. There is autumnal magic in your verse that takes me to a place I have never been.
John
"I don't know why people expect art to make sense. Life doesn't make sense." - David Lynch
Post by Castle Court Jester on Nov 15, 2023 1:19:56 GMT -6
Quite literally a masterpiece you have shared here with us Dan, both in verse and in the "painting" you show us as well through your words. Thank you for sharing this beauty with us
Thank you both, John & Michael. I hope you have a wonderful holiday!
Dan
Romantic, I love my wife, family, and Humanity. I.T. & Telecomm Nerd, I'm back in long-distance telecomm since November 2022. Sci-Fi & Comic-Book super-hero guy, I watch & read all things Marvel, DC, and more. Musically, I listen and futz. Podcastistic Host, I do a YouTube channel. But when my Muse comes to town, I get swept up in a word tornado, and no subject matter can escape...
Dan As we are almost at Spring here in my fair city, it is interesting to read a poem about the Autumn but fear not I have spent many days in the very midst of your poem, loved every word of it!!
Castle Court Jester: Hope everyone is having a great weekend though
May 11, 2024 1:51:46 GMT -6
Castle Court Jester: Sorry about all the snow Shy (Hugs) That's a lot of snow for sure. I agree. I love mountains and I like snow in the mountains lol
May 11, 2024 1:51:31 GMT -6
Castle Court Jester: They need a hot climate like when we were living in Las Vegas. I just don't know though. I'd love to try again but I don't know. Some animals (in my opinion) just shouldn't be made into pets either, like exotic types
May 11, 2024 1:50:28 GMT -6
Castle Court Jester: The Midwest winters made it really hard to care for them so I gave up, felt really bad about them always dying. I've thought of trying again but I don't know. Not now anyway while we are in Washington
May 11, 2024 1:49:32 GMT -6
Castle Court Jester: Oh man, so sorry about your gerbil Rich. I used to have iguanas when I was younger, love iguanas. I went through my time trying to have them. They are hard to care for, they get pneumonia easily and we lived in Kansas at the time.
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