Yesterday we wrote of comfort food. Nothing is better than a hot bowl of soup on a cold day. So today we will serve up a word soup. Using these autumn based words, write your poem. Choose an autumnal color and use those words colored in your choice to be included in your poem. Yes, multiple poems are welcome.
The two words in the bright yellow are: leaf and changing
MARIE’S BROTH OF LIFE:
AUTUMN’S BIKE TRAILS
When fall visits,
we crisscross the trail –
never tiring
of the crunch of crisp leaves
beneath us,
savoring childlike fun.
The brisk, fresh air
invigorates –
motivates us to
ride further,
sometimes pausing
to capture photos
of fall foliage, fields
dotted with orange pumpkin;
orchards with red apples.
Bushed and beaming,
we head home,
cautiously peering
around multi-colored leaf
piles raked to the curb –
some taller
than the cars avoiding them.
Home,
warm and cozy,
fire in the fireplace,
popcorn popping,
already reminiscing,
hoping tomorrow
is more of the same.
© Marie Elena Good, 2018
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WALT’S AUTUMNAL STOCK:
FROST ENCRUSTED
Soon the frost will come,
crusting both gourd and pumpkin.
It is autumn at play; a fall romp.
Barely alive, it strives to hold
one last hurrah, a huzzah
to it’s impending demise.
And it’s merely mid-afternoon.
It is no surprise that the hearth
will glow with the fire of lost dreams.
A remaining ember warm and crackling,
prepares to fade and extinguish,
one final wish before it ends.
Soon to don our boots and hear
the crunchy call of the new fallen snow.
© Walter J Wojtanik, 2018
POETIC BLOOMINGS 