Variations on a Theme

when I see those green leaves turn
with the heat of desert burn
all around I sense that fall
hovers by the garden wall

bouquets of summer please don't go
your ribbons are still decked in gold
and I would miss your presence here
with onset thoughts of winter cold

all that flora fades at night
sad to witness birds in flight
swans still pair on river's glass
love once born is meant to last

Reviews

[Relic]

It's funny because every summer when the heat is blazing I can't wait for fall. Then when winter gets here I wish I was back in summer.

And yet, I have to agree that summer gives us flowers and memories to hold onto throughout life. Another steller poem from you Chris. :)

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Tim. I feel the same as you do. Too hot for me at the moment, but neither do I want winter. Your review is lovely.

Chris

[Blunt--Instrument]

I feel the same way. That first cold autumn day when you didn't dress warm enough and you're already hoping for Spring.

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[willweb]

beautiful Chris, this feels soft and floats like a feather. All that you have written eventually becomes the day we experience or the season we long for. Really nice.
Not mush new is being posted so I am reading some older work.

[Chris Shaw]

So pleased you are looking into my archives. My muse is not being very considerate at the moment. Thank you will.

Chris

[Stuart Munro]

Chris, I’m there, a take you there poem , fantastic reading it , The winter I like , I don’t mind it
As long as I’m not in Siberia lol,

[Chris Shaw]

Thanks for that lovely review Stuart. Much appreciated.

Chris

[Stuart Munro]

Thanks Chris ,

[Red Brick Keshner]

Is it welcome back? Where has the summer gone?! We are ready for the changing colours and it will change in turn from region to region. Hello Chris! Good to have you back. /Freds.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Freds. Will be popping in to say thank yous, but need some more time for catch up on stuff in the real world. Really appreciate your visit. All the best.

Chris

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Chris … I have buried Summer Peach Seeds in my Flower Pots… hoping they will take Root and I will transplant to my small Orchard of Cherry trees . Next Autumn or so… Summer is silently reaching for the other side of the Earth.. always sharing a new birth. Soon the Colors of Autumn will settle on your Hearth and we will wait for Winter Snow. gently, Pat

[Chris Shaw]

Many thanks dear Pat. I hope you have great success with your planting. So satisfying to nurture and see new growth. I have planted walnuts and seen them grow into saplings.

Chris

[Patricia Wedel]

Whoa… amazing that you started saplings of Walnuts… May God bless you and keep you safe and well. tenderly, Pat

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Everything changes. That seems to be the only thing that stays the same. My daughter and I watched a great gaggle of Canada geese walking through a parking lot yesterday; about twenty or more. She practiced her goose walk with them. The last month I have been harvesting flowers from my gladiolus, one at a time and placing them in a vase on our kitchen table. The first three were peach and yellow. Today is my wife's birthday and the gladiolus seemed to know and bloomed a pink one, just for her. It's so beautiful , just like her. I enjoyed your lovely poem. Bless, F.

[Chris Shaw]

Good evening Fabian. Thank you for your lovely review. What fun for your daughter to practice her goose walk, and how lovely for that
gladiola to turn pink for your wife's birthday. She must have loved that sentiment very much. All good things.

Chris

[Weeping willow]

Well expressed,Summer is very hard for me as it's too hot, I really enjoy fall the most and maybe spring ;-]

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Weeping willow. Your review is appreciated. I:m not over keen on heat either.

read moreThank you Weeping willow. Your review is appreciated. I:m not over keen on heat either.

Chris

[Temperance]

Saying goodbye to summer is a happy time for me!! Fall is my favorite time of the year so, am always excited when it comes. This is a beautiful poem honoring the positives of summer. Nicely done. Temp

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Temp. Your fall certainly brings wonderful colour. I prefer spring, every time.
read moreThank you Temp. Your fall certainly brings wonderful colour. I prefer spring, every time.

Chris

[Kim S.]

This is amazing Chris, love the rhyming couplets

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you so much Becks for your kindness.

Chris

[Kim S.]

not a problem...

[John the Baptist]

The bouquets of summer can hang around as long as they want. However, this godawful heat has me yearning for those autumn leaves. Of course, come February I'll be pleading for May to come. Satisfaction is like the mayfly; it doesn't linger very long.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you JTB. The willows on the river have already turned, autumn is on the way and there is no sun today.

Chris

[Neville]

its not always greener on the other side, is it .. but when a gall can pen summat like this it makes us fellas sit up and think .. hell yeah, maybe it is :)

[Chris Shaw]

wouldn't know, never stepped outside my garden gate. I take it you like the poem :)

Thanks Neville