Pumpkin Harvest

Gold cherry
Poem of the week

By a102866

Fri, 15 Nov 2013
  • 3105 reads
14 comments
 

On a crisp Autumn morning

a powder-puff frost tinged

with orange ribbons decorates

the pumpkin field.

A gown of satin crystals

covers a mellow-pumpkin

train; orange faces kissed with

a sugary dollop baring hollow

ridges that scorn the radiant

glow twined to sparkling,

fibrous ropes.

 

 

A parade of immigrant laborers

dressed in the colors of

a rainbow greet the golden

sun. A prism of light

intersects the human

mast and the colorful

deck; columns of gilded

limbs caress the fluorescent

gourds on the shimmering

mounds, then snip their

frost-bitten umbilical

cords

Certificate U
Poem
Nature

Comments

Submitted by scratch on

I'm so glad this got cherry picked.  I think that it is a beauty.

 

Submitted by KateReamer on

So do I. Congratulations on a fine poem, well deserving of the lovely cherries it received.

Kate 

Submitted by CrazyCutter on

Such beautiful imagery, and each word flows astonishingly well. You are an excellent poet.

Submitted by Bee on

I agree with all the above. Wonderful imagery. 

Very much liked,

Bee

Submitted by VeraClark on

Such glistening language.

 

Submitted by Luke Neima on

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Submitted by KateReamer on

Great!  I'm so glad this got POTD.  One of the most deserving picks in a long time :) 

Kate 

Submitted by prettyrose on

smileyHi, A102866

 

I agree its so well written and beautiful, well done on cherry's and being on facebook :))))))

smiley Keep Smiling

Keep Writing xxx

Submitted by a102866 on

Thanks for your warm, touching comments. Fall is a colorful time of the year. I look forward to reading many of your Autumn poems in the next few weeks.

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Some lovely imagery and descriptions there. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Congrats on Poem of the Week honors.

Rich

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

I really enjoyed reading this poem,  it summed up everything about the season so well and was well deserved as poem of the week.  Jenny.

 

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Beautiful seasonal glittering poem. The way the workers mix with the pumpkins to harvest them is very well described . You deserve your rosette for the best writing of the week           Elsie

Submitted by torscot on

I agree with the others.

Lovely image and   "...On a crisp Autumn morning..." sets the scene.

regards.

torscot