John Anster Fitzgerald (1823-1906)
My banners hung. Fruit crown in hair. The brassy fanfare of leaves introduces honored guests to my most regal seasonal affair. Salmon run sunsets and a calligraphy of flower stems invites us to reflect, as sunlight dims to dining tables, candlelit. Come chinwaggers, sit. Enjoy the harvest of lushness. The rustling tide of leaves make way for the harmonic sounds of the first freeze. Strut in with black tie and fitted velvet dress to join the yearly rut.
Reap tender gladness;
to fall from such a great height,
a backend banquet.
dVerse | Haibun Monday: aki no koe (Autumn’s Voice)
Yard Sale of Thoughts 
BLAMMOgood, K.
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Thank you. 🧚♀️
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Those days really are luscious and fruitful. I hope you enjoy them for a bit longer!
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Thank you, Jane. I hope the same, but the silver bells are starting to dot the lawn, and so I am grateful for this long fall and ready to toast this season.
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Our autumn has turned to rain. It’s needed so I won’t complain. No frosts yet though.
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Today, was almost prison-like here. I hope like Frederick the field mouse I’ve absorbed enough colors to make it through.
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We had five months without a drop of rain. All we did was worry about how parched everything was. We’ve had two and a half days of rain now and we’re tearing our hair. And we laugh at the attention span of goldfish!
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There’s nothing to get me down more than an all-day downpour. But, I keep my shelves well-stocked for this occasions. Books infinitely better than umbrellas to help me get where I want to go.
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I don’t mind the actual downpour as long as I’m warm, but I do hate having dogs bouncing about needing to let off steam but refusing to set paw outside because it’s wet.
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So like my children. 🤣
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Ha ha! Done that, been there etc etc.
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I enjoyed your autumn revelry, the ‘brassy fanfare of leaves’, ‘salmon run sunsets and ‘harmonic sounds of the first freeze’. What a banquet!
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Thank you, Kim. It’s my favorite season and I do find it the most royal. I appreciate your kind comments.
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It’s my favourite too – and you are more than welcome.
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Dear Kay,
I would like to inform you that I have responded with a bespoke reply to your lovely comment that you submitted to my post entitled “A September to Remember: Greeting Post-Pandemic and Post-Elizabethan Age with Sapphires, Asters, Poems and Songs“.
May you enjoy the coming weekend!
Yours sincerely,
SoundEagle
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Dear Kay,
I concur with Kim. This is such a fabulously sumptuous feast of words and imageries to describe the most glorious autumn gaiety born of your literary harvest!
Thank you for composing this latest post of yours entitled “Autumn Revelry” as we enjoy the final month of autumn in November.
Wishing you and Kim a productive November and a wonderful week doing or enjoying whatever that satisfies you the most, whether intellectually, artistically, physically or spiritually, including composing more excellent poems and posts for us to savour!
Yours sincerely,
SoundEagle
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Enchanting piece, K – can smell the magic in the air. Perfect choice of artwork to complete it! 🙂
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Thank you, Tom. I found that afterwards, on a whim. But I think it provides even more to write about. I’m so glad you enjoyed my fanfare. The season ends here, almost overnight.
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love this!
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Thank you, Beth. Cheers to a festive week filled with celebration.
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thank you so much
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What a feast for the senses!
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Thank you. I hope fall’s exuberance shines through this feast of words.
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Absolutely. 🥰
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I feel the magic from your words. This is a magnificent feast, K.
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Those wonderful days are all in the past now… thank you for the reminder.
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Thank you , Björn. I love how the autumn lingers in Virginia. A playful time of year, but it is ending here as well. Today, the colors were washed out.
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What a gorgeous ekphrastic!
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The transition from fall to winter, beautifully expressed.
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Thank you. It’s a somber sort of celebration here, but a moment to be grateful. I hope your holiday weekend has been full of warmth.💜
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You’re welcome. Always. Ah, I see, thank you for sharing that with me. Gratefulness applies, always, something I always have to remind myself of. Thank you for that. It’s been a wonderful trip to the coast. Stunningly beautiful, and quiet. 💜
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