Hail to Autumn , Summers Gone.

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And gently as the sun goes down

The smoke from bonfires all around.

The hedgehog and the squirrel gone to ground

Grandpa shows the lad the acorns and pine combs he has found.

Twirls of mist at morn and dusk chill the bones

Lights on for breakfast and for tea  in cozy looking homes.

The leaves swirl and dance, children curled up by the fire their noses in tombs.

Fairies dancing in the fire glad they are not outside, it’s getting chilly for the garden gnomes.

The grass is sodden and the  flowers in the garden droop and bend

Fathers and sons bonfires build and another summer is at an end .

All Souls and Halloween are in view lots of spooky things to do for Vlad and his friends.

Frosts and fog sweep and unfurl through the streets across the fields , down to the river and around the bend.

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Summer had picked up her skirts and in a flash was gone

Taking with her the warm  and flighty summer song

It’s got  cold and damp, and we’ve lost an hour but nothings wrong

Autumn Annie has returned, now that lovely flowering summer has gone.

Author: willowdot21

Female, wife, full time mother and Grandmother. I am not as happy go lucky as I used to be but I am still bubbling along on simmer! I have three handsome sons all grown and flown.The youngest married with a beautiful wife and two sons of his own. Back in 2010 I was working, running a home, driving and socializing then bang in a split second all that was gone. I had an accident at home. I broke my back, not for the first time, I had broken it 10 years previously as well. Unfortunately this time I had broken it really badly and it was truly messed up so I had to have two operations. I was told before each operation that the outcome could mean I spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Still as some guy once wrote "I am still standing " yes "better than I ever was " I no longer use the walking stick . I had lots of friends before the accident but when things like this happen, you loose most of them. Their lives move on and mine stood still and so they left me behind ...I know that is just the way life is but it hurt and always will. Then I looked around and saw those who were still there for me, these friends are the roses in my garden they need to be tended well. They are the diamonds in the dust. I will of been married 53yrs this comming year. I have found different ways to approach life, use my pain befriend it almost...yer right , well that is what they tell me at the pain clinic ROFLMAO ...... if only I could! I have found an outlet for my fears, frustrations and night terrors . I have started writing poetry if that name can be applied to my writing. I hope I do not come over as a moaning winger. I hope I am past all that. I also hope that you might see how the poetry is moving from very dark through the grey and hopefully in to light. My back is no longer straight it is C shaped because of the injury and I have lost two and a half inches in height but my Pilates and Core teachers have helped me to stand up as straight and be as strong as possible. Pain and depression are still hanging on my arm but I have weapons to use against them and if I say so myself I cope well. I have made lots of new friends, real diamonds. I am also very grateful for all the support and help I have encountered here on Wordpress. Hugs and welcome to everyone who visits.

43 thoughts on “Hail to Autumn , Summers Gone.”

  1. I loved our words and the image you created. Thank you. I haven’t felt welcoming to the arrival of autumn but it is here and I should enjoy its unique beauty. Thanks for the reminder. In peace, Barbara

    1. Bernice this time last week we were visiting my brother and his wife who live by the sea and we had Tshirt and shorts on basking in the warmth of summer. Now we need to put the heating on and the rain and cold winds are here! xx

  2. wonderful and as I read I image I will wake up to Autumn…again
    this past week has brought us mornings of Autumn…
    Beautiful Willow….Thank you for the coolness of Autumn against this Texas summer keeps coming back…
    Take care…!
    )0(
    maryrose

  3. ‘Thou hast thy beauty too’ (Keats, Ode to autumn) I loved keats ode to autumn but after reading your poem I love this even better. How wonderfully you have written about the going of summer and coming of autumn. Wonderful post.

  4. Yes, my love, what we send out returns that light as powerful energy again back is one with the unconditional love, so I wish you a beautiful Monday and everything good for you sending divine blessing you with.I am pleased to have found you on the wide network…The most important item is the health without which there is mostly no longer so good.Sincerely Andrea

  5. So sweetly and quaintly written. I like the way the pine cones are called pine “combs” and the way the creatures and the natural wonders are described. The photo/artwork is so lovely, too!

  6. Willow, I so much love your words. Fairies dancing, I love to imagine. Forever.

    This is so beautiful, Willow. I’m not glad winter is done, though 🙂

  7. Certainly my favorite time of year… I think your poem touches on just about every reason why… My grandfather gave me a polished acorn once, which I carried in my pocket for years…..

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