Autumn's Ado

Out on a limb sways Vermilion

Waving to Goldenrod

Together with Amethyst and Pumpkin

Caught up in a grand act of God

 

They quilt a vast blanket on field grass

So splendid and brilliant in hue

Each bright season’s leaf

Which denies falling’s grief

Dances in Autumn’s ado.

Author's Note

Coming fast, the season of such beauty... The leaves are dying, but going out with pizzazz!

Reviews

[Gleb Zavlanov]

A very fine poem. Such beautiful imagery. I especially loved how you blended all of the colors harmoniously to create a very pleasing image of autumn. I find autumn to be the time when the leaves at their finest beauty, and surely this poem describes such a beauty incredibly well. It's like a painting of a large scene encapsulated into two simple, yet superb stanza. Bravo!

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you for your kind words, Gleb! Autumn is such a beautiful time...

[Aethereal]

This poem give me an inspiring impression of the changing season. It inspired me to write this tiny gift poem for you to keep as your own: It's only two little flaming quatrains:

Autumn

Leaves and flowers
fall after all
tumbling, crumbling
o‘er field and wall.

Flaming creatures
brawl in the Fall
blown by cool winds
that make ‘em crawl.

[Rita L. Sev]

Very nice - thank you, Aethereal!

[Jack...]

This poem is as beautiful ss the season it tells of. Very nice Rita

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Jack!

[annie lee]

Beautiful and playful description of my favorite season. Here we get a gazillion walnut tree and wisteria leaves, just yellow. I have a maple tree out back that turns pretty. I can see that from my kitchen window. If we had any money, I'd like to go to Yosemite in the fall. Maybe someday.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thanks, Annie! I would love to see Yosemite in the fall, too... Maybe after retirement... :)

[Daffy]

Hi, Rita. Yes, I visited your blue ridge in Virginia during Autumn. What beautiful colours I saw there. I have lots of photos of them. I understand that the sun produces sugars within the leaves during the summer and then as the Autumn comes on, so do the colours for those sugars....sounds like there must be more to this than meets the eye.
The poem has a lovely lilt, the words are especially well chosen. My favourites are the last three. Each bright....to....Autumn's ado.
I shall be thinking of this poem next month as my Virginian Creeper turns bright scarlet before it sheds its leaves for the November frosts.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Daffy! Yes, the East Coast is amazing in autumn. I am so glad you got to see it for yourself!

[icelandicblue]

The fall is when I feel most alive. The crisp air and visual assault is invigorating. You capture that in this fabulous poem.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Blue! "Visual assault" is the perfect term for it!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

reminders of ryegate, Vt during october 12th weekend....we always went back up for those few days...

was good...so beautiful in New England in autumn i miss that.

i kept wondering about the title...whether you actually meant "Ado" or "Adieu" in a way either would fit...

nice piece, Rita..so colorful.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Jacob. I hadn't thought about the other "adieu" - you are right. I meant "ado" - all the fuss of the season that looks like a great party...

My brother has just moved to Vermont, and they are looking forward to an East Coast autumn.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i was thinking you might have meant it with the array of colors all clashing and frolicking...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

where in vermont? anywhere near ryegate?

[rutherford]

RIta,
A small, well crafted package about my favorite season. I could not help but like this one for pure enjoyment. You show off the colors of fall but with an awareness of something more divine. Lines I especially liked: Caught up in a grand act of God/They quilt a vast blanket on field grass

[Rita L. Sev]

Thanks, John - I love autumn too, and am eagerly awaiting the change.

[Marie]

Yes, it's that time again...your Autumn has more beautiful colours than mine.

[Rita L. Sev]

Pennsylvania autumns are breathtaking.

[Frieda P]

Wow Rita this is really cool...I like how you wrap grief around the leaves that won't let go...of course you knew that line would resonate with me today...excellent!

[Rita L. Sev]

But their grief, their very death, is so stunning... Nature knows so much more than we do... Thank you, Frieda