LATE SUMMER

creativity, Faith Poetry, information, interests, Poems, Poetry, Reflections, story, Uncategorized, writing

LATE SUMMER

Late summer now
And the little lost paths
Are dry and cindery under foot;
Dust and the early mist
Curling around the edges of the day. 

A leaf falls, as the trees
Shake their slow golden heads,
Filling the air with the sad sound
Of leaves falling, drifting, tumbling down. 

Over the hedge, the stubbled fields
Sigh, and settle into waiting
For their dry stalks to be ploughed
Into the earth.
Lovely furrows then, stretching
Into the infinity of a much older vision.  

And Autumn dances in the woods,
Her red and orange skirts
Billowing around her twinkling feet.
Her red-berried head bobbing with excitement
As the time comes
When her beauty can be seen in the burning forest,
Her loveliness caught in the cobwebbed hedgerows,
In those tiny, sparkling shawls of light,
That wrap us about
With the fierce grace and beauty of love. 

                                          © GWEN GRANT

Published

10 thoughts on “LATE SUMMER”

  2. You’re so kind, Sharon. I love Autumn usually but I now have bad arthritis so not so keen if its chilly!
    Hope you’re well.
    Gwen.

  4. You are more than welcome, Gwen!

    I hope your arthritis is not too painful. I have arthritis also, especially in my fingers!

    I’m not too bad Gwen, so lovely of you to mention.

    Have a great week! Oh, autumn is my favourite time of year too, I love the colours of the trees.

  7. Allbest and not too much pain I hope as the cool months are upon us. I can’t decide which poem I like more, this one or FIERCE WIND AND STORM. Both, I think 🙂 for different reasons.

  8. Love your blog and love hearing about all the different things you do. Raining here and cold but solace lies in the community of poets.
    wen.

  9. Thank you so much. I’m glad you came by. If I knew you were coming I’d have baked a cake!
    Seriously I looked you up because I hadn’t been to your blog in a while and I bought your book, Private keep out !
    I know it is intended for children but I was very curious about it I had a feeling that I would enjoy it. I’m just a big kid.
    And I feel the same way about the writers community…

  10. I hope you enjoy PRIVATE. There are two more books in the trilogy but I haven’t been able to put them up yet – Still, I live in hope.
    Good to hear from you.
    Gwen.

Leave a Reply