maple leaves in shadowboxes
candles glowing inside pumpkins
flirting tails on slinking foxes
fake tans on the city bumpkins
summer's last gasp of tomatoes
tender pastries made from carrots
roasted yams and sweet potatoes
orioles as bright as parrots
ginger tom as proud as Pharaoh
gleam of new-scrubbed copper kettle
four-alarm-hot habanero
harvest moon as cold as metal
crates of ripened apricots
bundles of October thoughts.
--image courtesy of Magpie Tales
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Studies in Orange
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22 comments:
wrap it up, I'll take it all..to go :)
Oooh, now I think I need some apple cobbler to top things off...
Nice write
wow! a celebration of lovely details.
like a mutilated leaf
I really loved this.
Love the sharp pace of layering images and tying them neatly together as a bundle of October! Neat little package!
I really enjoyed this feast of imagery! :-)
My Magpie
"...fake tans on the city bumpkins"
Teehee!! Wonderful piece!
A rewarding sequence of Autumn snapshots.
You've summarized fall and autumn perfectly. Nice Magpie!
A Paradise of Spring
.. a beautiful bundle of thoughts!
That's fall alright. Very visual.
I particularly liked last gasp of tomatoes! Amazing writing!
All these images and I just want some hot apple pie!
"..harvest moon as cold as metal.." Superb.
Delectable imagery!
what a delightful poem
loved every image
A great job of making a rhymed poem not feel that way.
Loved your choice of words.
Well done.
elegant,
a taste of harvest and love.
lovely job!
This is truly delicious...a wonderful magpie! :-)
A Magpie that begs to be read aloud, and blesses the reader as it is read, every word.
My fave lines:
"orioles as bright as parrots/
ginger tom as proud as Pharaoh."
lovely...each line a beautiful picture in and of itself...wonderful magpie!
All the best orange objects!
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