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Autumn

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Scarlet21 Mon 21-Oct-13 21:59:06

I danced in the delicate Springtime,
Wheeled as an untrammelled kite,
I sported in wanton Summer
In strident, mid-day light.
Overbright summer betrayed me,
Shamelessly lingering on.
Clamouring colour unmade me,
Clinging to youth that had gone.

I skipped through the fresh-felt morning,
And bloomed in the afternoon
Give me now an evening,
One gliding, tiding moon.
The night must not come quickly,
Swept unawares, away,
Then I will yield, 'Come night...
I have lived the lovely day'.

I need the soft touches of Autumn,
A chance to become serene,
Out of the glare of the white light
Into the cool of the green.
When limbs that are wearied by frenzy,
Can rest before they are stilled
And cheeks that are hot from the riot
Can cool before they are chilled.

When sweet melancholy enfolds me
And there is woodsmoke tang on the air,
The russety smell of the leaf-drop
Can soothe away despair.
When misty mornings muffle
A dim and muted sun
Which lights upon nothing vibrant,
But harmony, brown and dun.

The long night of Winter is coming
And I will not try to evade
But I ask for one lingering moment
In the calm of the Autumn shade.

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Scarlet21 Wed 23-Oct-13 18:59:08

I have passed on Christina Rossetti's poem 'Remember me when I am gone away' to several friends to use at memorial services.
I have found great comfort in both writing and reading poetry. I am glad I learnt so many off by heart at school and college - there is usually one that is appropriate to any situation.

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Sook Wed 23-Oct-13 19:05:18

I love Christina Rossetti's poem 'Uphill'

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LizG Wed 23-Oct-13 19:24:52

I read that at my SiL's funeral Scarlet21 I still tend to well up when I think of it.

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soop Thu 24-Oct-13 14:08:36

merlotgran A good many years ago, a lady said to me...whenever hear your voice, I think of Joyce Grenfell. wink

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merlotgran Thu 24-Oct-13 16:08:50

I shall read your posts in a Joyce Grenfell voice now, soop grin

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soop Fri 25-Oct-13 12:05:59

titter...grin

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thatbags Fri 25-Oct-13 12:55:45

Annual invasion of fieldfares and redwings happened started today. They have stripped the well-loaded rowan tree nearest the house of its berries and gone off in search of more. So far they have not gone for the holly berries, but they will. I keep wondering if holly berries take longer to ripen, or maybe they just aren't as nice to eat as rowan ones.

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Stansgran Fri 25-Oct-13 14:47:45

There was a flock of field fares on Sunday making a tremendous hullabaloo in one rather small tree. They reminded me of storks clacking their beaks in Segovia. That was apropos of nothing.

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