August's End
These days of in-between:
the grass baked golden brown,
the corn with chestnut heads.
.
August heat lies like a heavy quilt,
comforting and dry,
around the corners--
just a curl of cool .
.
This slivered season
sits before the fire,
while falling leaves and snow
wait right outside the door.
Published by Tina Twito
I'm 39, with a wonderful husband (in Iowa), and a daughter who lives in NC with her hubby (love them both!). I write mostly children's stories and poetry (rhyming poetry, traditional poetry, haiku, but mostl... View profile
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8 Comments
Post a CommentI'm a little late getting here, but still in time for Fall!
very nice prose :)
:)!!
Very beautiful poetry. Wonderful imagery
Beautiful and evocative.
Very nice! Although I really don't want to think about snow at this point, lol. I can definitely wait for that stuff to come!
A lovely little poem.
What a lovely gift your poem is to read, I will fill my mind with its lovely images, "around the corners just a just a curl of cool", lovely, thank you...:0)