Seasons

A poem about the beauty of the changing seasons.

Cold October skies at night.  Stars that hang like shimmering ice.  Morning walk, on crunchy frost. Cloudless skies of deepest blue, brings the Northern breezes through. Frozen world of wintery white. Western winds blows cold away. But stubborn Winter wants to stay. The lion beats the lamb. Finally Spring breaks Winter’s hold, and from the ground new tales are told. Green again, Earths birthday. Summer sun, Earth lush and green. She gives life to all unselfishly. Prosperity abounds.

Author's Note

I love living in the Northeast and experiencing each and every season. Fall is my favorite. NY in the fall is like walking through living colors....

Reviews

[Kelly Scheppers]

I used to live in Baltimore, and I dearly love the change of seasons. Our mountains here in San Diego offer a wonderful world of change, especially this time of year when there's actually snow!

I really love writing about the seasons in my work, just as much as I love reading about them. I like how you presented this to your readers, how the stanzas revolve, one season into the next.

Good work, Riss!

[Riss Ryker]

Thanks so much, Kelly! Wow, that's quite a move. From Baltimore, Maryland to San Diego!

[Kelly Scheppers]

...and it was in August, a very humid month, if you know what I mean!

[Einstein Noodle]

i grew up in Syracuse and know exactly what you mean .. i like your use of tercets .. gives your poem a haiku quality .. and i love your mention of the winds .. when it turns from out of the west to the breezy from the south winds .. the scents change and that marvelous hope of spring is the best! tho fall is also my favorite time also ..
E.

[Riss Ryker]

Thanks so much for reading, Einstein Noodle. (May I call you Einstein? lol) Syracuse is about 60 miles west of me. A stone's throw, really. I'm pretty familiar with it. I love experimenting with different types of poems.

[Einstein Noodle]

by all means .. or just E. if you like :)) its a wonderful area .. once out of the cities .. so full of wonderful places .. the Adirondacks of course, Lake George, Lake Placid .. Cooperstown .. i think NYS can even claim Niagara Falls ;)
E.

[Riss Ryker]

Yes, there is amazing areas of NY that I'm very proud of being near, my favorite, the Adirondacks. I don't think many people realize just how immense it really is! 6 million acres of mountains, streams and forest. Did you know that you can fit many state parks within Adirondack Park, including Glacier, Yosemite, the Great Smoky Mountains, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon? Check this out!
http://gadling.com/2012/04/06/10-surprising-facts-about-the-adirondacks-in-new-york/

[Einstein Noodle]

no .. i did not know that! and thanks for the link .. will check it

[Einstein Noodle]

very cool! i did not know any of those things .. thanks for the link