Monday, September 6, 2021

Autumn's afternoon

sky is stirring a broth

of thunderclaps

& cumulonimbus clouds


mellowing the street lights 

with muddy shade

of autumn


ground is mulched

with dead 

annuals & grooved twigs

too deep to smooth over


with yesterday's sun-

shine songs

instead we tally


each falling

                    <leaf>



Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - Quadrille, hosted by De Jackson.    This is a 44 word post with the given word, GROOVE.   Join us when the pub doors at 3pm EST.  

27 comments:

  1. Okay, sky as broth is just fantastic. And loving that fallen (and all the other fallings being tallied, too). Wonderful.

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  2. What a wonderful way to describe the fall, at the moment we are spared the mulch and still have a cool taste of summer.

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  3. Wonderful Grace. That opening was spectacular
    sky is stirring a broth

    of thunderclaps

    & cumulonimbus clouds

    ❤️🌺☺️

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  4. Wonderful Grace. That opening was spectacular
    sky is stirring a broth

    of thunderclaps

    & cumulonimbus clouds

    ❤️🌺☺️

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  5. Wonderful Grace. That opening was spectacular
    sky is stirring a broth

    of thunderclaps

    & cumulonimbus clouds

    ❤️🌺☺️

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  6. Yes! That's exactly what the sky has been doing. Summer ending on an angry note.

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  7. Lovely word pictures! Well done.

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  8. Wow!!! What a sky.

    Happy Monday

    Much💛love

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  9. loved the muddying of the street lights. got stevie wonder on the head phones as i read this great combo

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  10. You painted such a vivid picture here - love the first stanza with the broth of thunderclaps.

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  11. Wonderful imagery, Grace. Just so.

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  12. I love where your mind takes us, Grace. "...broth of thunderclaps" is beautifully descriptive of your autumn day.

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  13. The simmering broth of a new season. I love the tally marked leaves. Magnificent.

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  14. love how you put that grooved stick in the mix

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  15. Leaves, tallied, still leave. Groovy piece!

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  16. A great poem Grace! Seems we tally the days for each season as they roll around. I liked the muddy shade of autumn and the sunshine's song.

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  17. Fascinating, Grace. This piece is so vivid that when reading, I missed the use of the word, "Groove." I love how entranced I feel when reading your poems, it really is quite an experience especially with how you paint the imagery. Great use of prosody and rhythm. <3 It's beautiful.

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  18. I love the images you create here--the sky as broth.
    This flows so beautifully--a lovely gem of a poem!

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  19. Splendid opening line and the tallying of falling leaves was beautiful.

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  20. A sad and happy poem to me. Enjoyed reading.

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  21. Absolutely evocative and moody - so atmospheric - you've captured the essence of the transitional between late summer and early fall, when the sun is such a weird shade of yellow and the skies get all brooding - great imagery - I fell head over heels for the 3rd stanza!

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  22. stunning imagery. stunning words.

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  23. That is a great opening line, I can see the sky stirring with change.

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  24. clouds


    Our skies .. our clouds .. our sun is being 'mellowed' with the muddy filter / shade of forest fire smoke now .... our fervent hope it leaves on the tail of autumn winds. A lovely Quadrille, Grace

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  25. I adore that first stanza...the idea of stirring up a broth...Such a unique image! Such a different way to picture the sky.

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  26. ground is mulched
    with dead
    annuals & grooved twigs
    too deep to smooth over

    Wonderful picture of impending Autumn coming our way, Grace! Perhaps asking us to be ready for it!

    Hank

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  27. I love this little detail, Grace!

    Yours,
    David [ben Alexander]

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