I have not been part of the dVerse universe for a bit, but was thrilled to see this “prompt” and the beautiful pictures shared by Sharon Knight at sunearthsky, each of which could easily produce a poem. And the ones she’s inspired!
I selected the following picture, which spoke to me–because, yes, inanimate objects DO speak to me. 😉
© Sharon Knight
Please visit her website to see more of her stunning photographs.
Autumn Sunset
Can it be
autumn sunsets display
more fragility than those
of other seasons?
The deeply hued sky
abundant grays
amidst blues, creams
dreams of sleep
warm comforters heaped high
dark mornings, early evenings
brusque weather warnings
the crackle of dappled leaves underfoot
skeletal tree limbs pointing upward
toward the leaden heaven
scents of autumn clinging
before still, cold air absorbs aromas.
Not quite deep in winter
I linger over a photograph of autumn’s sunset
when our fingertips last met.
©Sascha Darlington
1/9/2018
(Gasp) Yes, there is a time to be fragile, I think. How else can one surrender to fate? Or to love?
Thanks.
I liked the last two lines with the photograph and the memory.
Thanks, Frank. I think I could write a poem about all of her photographs! Just so lovely.
The last two lines speak of such longing, such love!
Thank you so much!
Lovely!
Thank you. And thank you for the lovely photographs. It was so hard to choose which one.
This is lovely—the creamy colours and the delicate internal rhyming here and there.
Thank you, Jane!
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Love how you include all senses into this… with the touch becoming personal.
Thank you, Bjorn.
I find it interesting to see the connection of the beautiful sunset, knowing that it is fleeting and the dark clouds with dark days bring on the winter. Beautifully done!
Dwight
Thank you so much, Dwight!
You are welcome!
so nostalgic these penultimate sunsets – I like the way your ultimate line opens out just as the poem closes – nice touch
Thank you, Laura.
They are probably more fragile and are certainly more sweetly melancholy, aren’t they?
–coal (Fireblossom)
Yes, I do agree. Thank you, Coal.
You describe so well the things I love about Autumn…
The ending was a surprise….giving it another perspective and layer of fragility.
Thank you, Mish!
Good to see you here, Sascha! Autumn depicted beautifully, and a nostalgic surprise ending.
Thank you so much!