ONE MORE AUTUMN

the yellow moon

rolling on the littered lake

rests its cratered cheek

against still another dead season

brittle leaves

covering moss�"�"all living things�"�"

fall like fake rain

on an empire once giddy with green

the yellow moon remembers

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Reviews

[Jasmine]

I opened this poem expecting praise of Autumn's gold and crimson leaves in all their glory...instead, I found a refreshing original take; less positive, yes, but nonetheless beautiful. A stunning poem... I especially like the phrase "an empire once giddy with green"

[Tovli]

loved the simile and the metaphor, Sal. happy to see you back at WC! tovli

[Helen Crutchett]

Superb entry for Tovli's "Ten". Bravo for such a polished write.

[An owl on the moon]

Makes one ponder the world, alive yet drifting into a stunning sleep.. "On an empire once giddy with green.." That line brilliantly voices the change of the seasons..