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Shadows grow hungry
the sky is in knots,
apples are mellow
the faeries draw lots,
.
rabbits have vanished
from safe hiding spots,
hawk flies in circles
connecting the dots.
.
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© 2014, 2017 Betty Hayes Albright
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(re-post)
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Posts Tagged ‘autumn’
September Still
Posted in Poetry 2010 - present, tagged autumn, faeries, fall, hawk, nature, poem, Poetry, rabbits, seasons, september on September 25, 2017| 33 Comments »
Pause
Posted in Poetry 2000 - 2009, tagged autumn, dreams, fall, Gaia, nature, origami, poem, Poetry, seasons, sleep, sun, time on September 3, 2017| 29 Comments »
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It all begins to crinkle,
the leaves, the sky
the boundaries of our vision.
Green ruffles turn to gold,
romaine edges of a dream
that curls and wrinkles
in the sun’s retreat.
Our shadows too turn ragged,
we feel them
stretch
and fold
their origami corners
that we too may slumber
in the pause
between now and again.
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(c) 2000, 2017 Betty Hayes Albright
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Strip Tease
Posted in Poetry 2010 - present, tagged autumn, fall, leaves, nature, poem, Poetry, strip tease, Trees on November 5, 2016| 10 Comments »
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Fall whistles through the trees,
branches sway half bare of leaves,
come hither dances in the breeze,
don’t stop, take it all off please!
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(c) 2013, 2016 Betty Hayes Albright
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(a re-post)
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Earth Tones
Posted in Poetry 2010 - present, tagged autumn, flowers, Gaia, nature, poem, Poetry, seasons on September 2, 2016| 7 Comments »
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Summer loses its neon edge,
turns more to the gentle shades
of terracotta, celadon green,
and lavender gone to seed.
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Gaia takes a weary breath,
gathers her spent offspring
into a hushed circle.
There she tells them stories
of blithering winds
and biting snow,
and cold, cold, cold.
You must rest, she says.
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Oh no, not yet, they beg her,
pointing to a shrinking
ray of sun.
And over on the hillock
there is one more splash of pink.
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Gaia smiles and nods her head.
There will be time enough
for them to sleep.
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© 2016 Betty Hayes Albright
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(Photo taken last week in nearby park.)
Haiku #73 – Late Fall
Posted in haiku or senryu, Poetry 2010 - present, tagged autumn, beauty, Essence, haiku, perspective, poem, Poetry, Trees, winter on November 28, 2014| 9 Comments »
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Without all their leaves
did the trees lose their beauty
or was it revealed?
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(c) 2014 Betty Hayes Albright
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(photo from morguefile.com)
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Hoping to catch up with everyone soon!
Autumn – (for Dad) – 2014 posting
Posted in Poetry 1990's, tagged autumn, Dad, death, fall, fathers, life, poem, Poetry, spring on October 17, 2014| 20 Comments »
for Dad (1915 – 1997)
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It’s a long, silent fall
into the days where Dad
is spoken in past tense.
He was tall
like autumn shadows –
he made us laugh
like the dancing, crackled leaves
around our feet.
And he would fast remind us
that trees return
to green
in this orbit’s gentle whirling
when spring gives back again.
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(C) 1997, 2017 Betty Hayes Albright
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Haiku #69 – Seeds
Posted in haiku or senryu, Poetry 2010 - present, Poetry for children, tagged autumn, future, haiku, maple seeds, nature, poem, Poetry, spinning on October 15, 2014| 15 Comments »
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The air is spinning!
Squadrons of maple-copters
take the fertile earth.
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(c) 2014 Betty Hayes Albright
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(Image from morguephoto.com – free photos.)
Fall (indeed!) – 2014 posting
Posted in Gramma Krackers, Poetry 2010 - present, tagged autumn, chickadees, fall, flowers, Gramma Krackers, humor, nature, poem, Poetry, seeds, weeds on September 28, 2014| 10 Comments »
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‘Tis fall, indeed!
I love when flowers
go to seed
and chickadees
come to feed
and there’s no need
to deadhead,
nor to weed.
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© 2012, 2017 Betty Hayes Albright
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A re-post – just an artless little ditty from Gramma Krackers. (My alter ego).
September Again – 2014 posting
Posted in Poetry 2010 - present, tagged apples, autumn, change, faeries, fall, hawk, poem, Poetry, rabbits, september, sky on September 13, 2014| 17 Comments »
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Shadows grow hungry,
the sky is in knots,
apples are mellow –
the faeries draw lots,
.
rabbits have vanished
from safe hiding spots,
hawk flies in circles
connecting the dots.
.
.
© 2014, 2017 Betty Hayes Albright
.
Strip Tease – 2013 posting
Posted in Poetry 2010 - present, tagged autumn, fall, humor, leaves, poem, Poetry, strip tease on November 14, 2013| 15 Comments »
eredel.deviantart.com
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Fall whistles through the trees,
branches sway half bare of leaves,
come hither dances in the breeze,
don’t stop, take it all off please!
.
(c) 2013 Betty Hayes Albright
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