Poem #2 — Autumn

From my Poetry Portal

“Autumn”

A spectrum of shades-

Crimson, ginger, deep purples

Yellows and browns

A palette of hues

unique to autumn

Chilly mornings

Scraping frost from windows

Warm, sunny days

Early sunsets

Autumn…

Chilly gales blowing

Leaves falling off branches

Gracing the ground

With their beauty.

Soon decaying

Crunching underfoot

Raked and bagged

And taken away.

As birds fly south.

And squirrels cashing food

As I drive home

Sighting crossing deer

At dusk.

Summer’s gone.

Author: Bonnie Lieberman is a poet, and a children’s book author. She is also a wife, mother, and grandmother.

“I grew up in an apartment building in The Bronx, NY, spending time jumping rope, playing catch, tag, hide and seek, riding my bicycle, and roller skating on the sidewalk. My friends and I loved creating our imaginary world, often pretending we were the characters in our favorite books. As a young child, I immersed myself in books about friendships. I am a licensed elementary school teacher and reading specialist passionate about helping students recognize their creativity and individuality. Although I treasured the years I taught primary school, I am most proud of most of my career working with adolescents in a children’s psychiatric hospital. I live in Bergen County, NJ, with my child therapist, husband, and dogs. I enjoy spending time with our adult children and grandchildren.

The Takeaway by Lewis Harrison “Ask Lewis”

I love writing and reading poems. Poetry bypasses my left brain-intellect, and connects that part of me that seeks meaning, rhythm, emotional resonance, and literary texture.

For me, the best poetry has a natural richness of meter, intonation, and rhythm.

Many readers of poetry, aren’t aware of the fact that rhythm and meter are different, though closely related. Meter brings the definitive pattern established for a verse, while rhythm is the actual sound that comes from poetic words, and phrases.

I have many friends and associates, who write wonderful poetry. Usually they drop their creations into a Facebook post where it is likely to be noticed by less than 25 people. I have decided to create a Poetry Portal in a number of wonderful publications on Medium.com. Here I have gotten permission from my poet friends and associates to repost the writings of these gifted creators.

Here is an introduction to this series of poems.

When it states written by Lewis Harrison at the bottom of this poem it refers to the Poetry Portal. This specific poem is by Bonnie Lieberman.