Sunday, October 21, 2012

Wordle 79: Change Is In The Wind

New wordle words from Barbara Yates Young and The Sunday Whirl:
recommend, happening, cabinet, cafe,
shelter, sturdy, handle, peanuts,
fern, job, guide, score, face


Change Is In The Wind
This is where
the year
has taken me:
to this October
morning
,
to this yellowed fern
beside the path,
to this sturdy shelter


of oak branches
scored high above me,
leaves sepia
against the lead face
of the autumn sky.
I feel
the icy handle of winter
in the wind,
December approaches,
gray shadows
swallow
the fields,
last days draw near;
it's all happening
too soon.

8 comments:

Magical Mystical Teacher said...

This is a lovely, wistful piece, and I feel better for having read it. What a delight to visit you this morning!

Whirling with Robert Bly

Jules said...

Seasons change. They parade like memories, sometimes lingering just a little bit longer...

I'm here:
http://julesgemsandstuff.blogspot.com/2012/10/sw-79-revelations-part-i.html

Daydreamertoo said...

Oh, I am quite happy to stay right where we are at in the season ... am not relishing the thought of winter's arrival at all. I love the snow, hate to have to shovel it, hate the ice and cold too.
This is a lovely worlde.
RYN: Thank you

Anonymous said...

Yes, that last day does seem to be coming on much too swiftly... nicely done.

flaubert said...

A beautiful lilting piece of writing, Marianne. Thanks for asking if I am feeling better. I had a wretched time last week with the flu.

Pamela

De Jackson said...

This is gorgeous, especially:
"leaves sepia
against the lead face
of the autumn sky."

Cheryl said...

I like "icy handle of winter". It made me shiver.

brenda w said...

Your first line invites the reader in, Marianne. This piece reminds me of Mary Oliver. Brava! I love the image of looking up through the oak branches.