Autumn Dreams
A Poem By Pete Marshall
The winters chill is drawing near
As wind whips through my tired bones
The furnace sparks and flares alight
The conkers placed around the home
The cobwebs hold a magic charm
As morning dew paints crystal scenes
The spiders knocked but cant get in
And lanterns glow in darkened dreams
The candy taste of trick or treat
That warms the mouth of innocence
Yet baptised souls will better fare
From witches spells and temperaments
And portals lay as weakened paths
When all who’ve gone can walk again
We pray their souls are one with God
So Man can walk once more with men
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Autumn is my favourite season for so many reasons, and having enjoyed the plethora of poems we have received for our first competition I couldn't help but want to join in.
With Autumn comes colour, cold, fresh mornings, conkers, my wedding anniversary and Halloween. Halloween is in fact a celebration of the dead...a time to remember those that have passed..a festival that we now celebrate on 11th November and call Remembrance Day.
I hope you enjoyed my celebration of Autumn?
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image courtesy creative commons http://www.flickr.com/photos/sis/
Beautifully descriptive poem and it feels natural. I really like how throughout you bring in the All Souls aspect of the season bringing it home in the last stanza with "Man can walk once more with men." Excellent! (Lucky for me you weren't eligible for the competition.. :)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this poem Pete. It captured many of the feels, sights and sounds of Autumn. The second stanza was my favourite I believe; whimsically magic & perfect.
ReplyDeleteI too wrote about the beauty of fall just a few days ago. My tribute is here;
http://krigek.blogspot.com/2010/09/changing-of-seasons.html
A charming word picture of "magic charms" and "cobwebs" and a nice turn from lighter fare to "baptised souls".
ReplyDeleteVery sweet....Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSmooth lines to a great write! "The spiders knocked but cant get in
ReplyDeleteAnd lanterns glow in darkened dreams"
tight write! cheers
oh! let's play conkers! i've never done that before.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful All Hallows rememberence
ReplyDeleteThe Autumnal transition is my favorite time.
Rene
Lovely Peter...I love the All Souls aspect too that you added to the season....bkm
ReplyDeleteah my favorite season pete....really like your close...man walking wiht man...nice touch...
ReplyDeleteYo Pete, love this! Nice! Greetings from Spring, btw... V
ReplyDeleteI love the memories you evoke through your poem. Never read a poem of yours I haven't loved - including this one!!!
ReplyDeletethanks beachanny..wouldnt have won..i didnt do it in 20 lines...
ReplyDeletethanks kkrige..checked your out too...isnt it a great season to write about
hi maureen and thanks for enjoying it
thanks annell
ReplyDeletecheers dustus....dont know if you know this but we lay conkers all around the windows etc in the house as it stops spiders coming in..hence those lines
cheers pete
hi n.davies...conkers is great fun!!!
ReplyDeletethanks rene....
Hi BKM..couldnt miss out on that part..cheers pete
thanks Bri....
ReplyDeletehi victoria...yeah cheers for that but it works both ways..as you start getting cold heck we will be feeling the warmth...
cheers leslie..
You raint such a lovely scene with these words. I love Autumn too. Another really great piece.
ReplyDeleteSimply lovely, and with such an old-world charm, I think I can hear Bobbie Burns chiming in in the background!
ReplyDeleteI've brought an old favorite to the potluck: http://mairmusic.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/week-26-i-looked-into-my-heart-while-my-eyes-were/ I'm putting the link in because so far everyone has followed my main link to today's post instead of going to my contribution.
Pete, what a sweet surprise to see you in,
ReplyDeletelove your autumn poem,
beautiful job on the word flow and images.
I love autumn. This poem is just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWonderful poem that gets back to the ancient roots of the season-passings of seasons and loved ones and remembering them.
ReplyDeletewohoh pete! great writing..
ReplyDeleteLike it, yeah. Keep it going.... write on
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