Cutting a slice through fall
Remembrance of winter’s advent long past
Fresh frost remain
The day retains your glorious sparkle
Victorious in its plight against pallid sunshine
Reflecting retreating rays with disdain
Once-wet leaves crisp under foot
Breaking silence of forest walk
Stalking the season's early murmurings
Oily shimmer of floating crystals
Congeal and coalesce into a single skin
Of solid watery wafer
Daring to thicken and strengthen
Into impermeable crust of sheer delight
Geese skating not skimming
Brimming with trepidatious experiment
A sentiment of sliding and playful faltering
Frogs settling in beneath for sleeping near death rest
Until the thaw
A claw of pondweed imprisoned by solid surface above
A dove or two will coo their delight at the sight
Of such drastic changes to their world
Not yet realising the pickings
Of grazed insects have depleted
To nought
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Raymond G. Taylor
Author living in Kent, England. Writer of short stories and poems in a wide range of genres, forms and styles. A non-fiction writer for 40+ years. Subjects include art, history, science, business, law, and the human condition.
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Comments (3)
Your imagery is vivid and deeply sensory: the crisp leaves, the shimmering frost, and the quiet tension before winter fully arrives. It captures the fragile beauty of seasonal transition with painterly precision.
I could sew this beautiful scenery in my mind so vividly! Loved your poem!
What a beautiful way to speak and describe the end of Fall and the beginning of the Winter season. Good job.