Friday, October 19, 2018

colors of twilight with hues of brown

                                                                                                       Author: myself
Image: Twilight near Brenig
in Germany (here)
                 
the 10 chosen words:
aspect October  plunge colors twilight frost gravel touch 
lucid (clear perception or understanding; rational) 
leaf                 
(Hank decided to take more
than the minimum 4 words)
   
an aspect of October plunged into
colors of twilight with hues of brown

detesting frost gravel-like even
with a touch of cotton's softness

lucid moment in its madness
of frightfully expecting the white
of frost to envelop the landscape

a leaf with its hues of brown
changing colors at great speed
floated down wanting a quick kill

it should sleep well prostrated
on the ground among little
creatures hurrying to comforts
of hibernation

set to tone down surprises of
seeing bare branches devoid of
leaves it was but just a mild
compensation of  an annual
phenomenon

Sanaa"s at Real Toad's  -
get listed - october's edition
Grace's at d'Verse's OLN #230

12 comments:

  1. Love the scene you painted here with your words.

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  2. My goodness Hank you have left me absolutely speechless!💞 Bravo!😀

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  3. And sure a sight to see as it comes to be

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  4. I love those colors of October.

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  5. hibernation... the leaves do have a purpose!

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  6. I like the structure of this poem - October starts tentatively and then storms in. I love the use of colour and texture in the opening stanzas.

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  7. You have a wonderful way of expressing your verses Hank.
    A real pleasure to read.

    Yvonne.

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  8. I like your ending, Hank. We shouldn't be surprised but we are, most every year.
    ..

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  9. I like the idea behind "comforts
    of hibernation". I hadn't thought of them as "comforts" before.

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  10. I think you captured the autumn... though it's just an annual thing we still feel it deep in our bones.

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