October Days
Wrapped in Autumn39 total reviews
Comment from harmony13
The author's words are beautiful! The poem is descriptive and creative.
Thank you for the author's notes - they speak volumes! This poem, as
the author states in her poem, highlights the beauty of God's Creation!
The poem flows and connects well. The artwork is awesome!
Hi Janet, I love the message and beauty of this poem....Maria
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2023
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The author's words are beautiful! The poem is descriptive and creative.
Thank you for the author's notes - they speak volumes! This poem, as
the author states in her poem, highlights the beauty of God's Creation!
The poem flows and connects well. The artwork is awesome!
Hi Janet, I love the message and beauty of this poem....Maria
Comment Written 24-Oct-2023
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2023
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Thank you Maria for your thoughtful and encouraging review. Thank you too for seeing beyond the poem through my notes. I always appreciate hearing from you.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from Daylily
Long ago when I had horses, autumn was always my favorite season. It was wonderful riding along leaf-strewn woodland trails amidst the bright colors that would be gone in such a short time. I love your description of this posting: Wrapped in Autumn. We need to see and appreciate the scattered moments of beauty in our lives because, some times, they are really hard to find...especially when looking at and hearing news coverage.
Blessings and joy, Lily
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2023
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Long ago when I had horses, autumn was always my favorite season. It was wonderful riding along leaf-strewn woodland trails amidst the bright colors that would be gone in such a short time. I love your description of this posting: Wrapped in Autumn. We need to see and appreciate the scattered moments of beauty in our lives because, some times, they are really hard to find...especially when looking at and hearing news coverage.
Blessings and joy, Lily
Comment Written 24-Oct-2023
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2023
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Thank you Daylily for this thoughtful and encouraging review. I'm so pleased that this one resonated with you. You are the only one who noticed "Wrapped in Autumn" which is what I feel and I'm sure when you were riding horse in autumn, that is how would feel.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from Terry Broxson
Janet, down here in Texas don't usually have the lovely colors of your picture or the words of your beautiful poem. We do have the ragweed, and we sneeze and hack and cuss. Yours is better, well done. Terry.
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2023
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Janet, down here in Texas don't usually have the lovely colors of your picture or the words of your beautiful poem. We do have the ragweed, and we sneeze and hack and cuss. Yours is better, well done. Terry.
Comment Written 24-Oct-2023
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2023
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Thank you Terry for this thoughtful and encouraging review. My husband has allergies, so I understand the sneezing. 😫
But you have fields of Bluebonnets which I hope to see one day.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from Paul McFarland
Really good poem, Janet. You should have saved it for a contest. Rhyme and meter are very good, and the last stanza is exceptional.
October brings cool weather in a rush.
The sun drenched days of summer have been lost.
While Mother Nature's cheeks begin to blush,
The farmers' crops are dealing with the frost.
We dig into our closets to prepare
For winter weather that lies just ahead.
We feel a chilly nip that's in the air,
And put the warmer blankets on the bed.
The costumes all come out for Halloween.
The youngsters cannot wait for trick-or-treat.
The ghouls and ghosts and goblins will be seen
With bags of candy, walking down the street.
Although the days are getting short, I still
Enjoy those vibrant colors on the hill.
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2023
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Really good poem, Janet. You should have saved it for a contest. Rhyme and meter are very good, and the last stanza is exceptional.
October brings cool weather in a rush.
The sun drenched days of summer have been lost.
While Mother Nature's cheeks begin to blush,
The farmers' crops are dealing with the frost.
We dig into our closets to prepare
For winter weather that lies just ahead.
We feel a chilly nip that's in the air,
And put the warmer blankets on the bed.
The costumes all come out for Halloween.
The youngsters cannot wait for trick-or-treat.
The ghouls and ghosts and goblins will be seen
With bags of candy, walking down the street.
Although the days are getting short, I still
Enjoy those vibrant colors on the hill.
Comment Written 24-Oct-2023
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2023
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Thank you Paul for your stellar review. It's rare to get a review in the form of a poem and a delightful one in Sonnet form. I loved it.
I'm finally getting to my responses and guess what - it's Halloween night. So.....Happy Halloween my friend.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from royowen
I guess I love Ecclesiastes 3, where God gives us insight to the facts of life, that even in the midst of tragedy, there is beauty, thst life goes in cycles, but the physical is not the reality of God's, despite what's going on in the world abroad, we need to understand perspective, that when the veil of what we see roll away, there is beauty! Superbly written, blessings Roy
reply by the author on 27-Oct-2023
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I guess I love Ecclesiastes 3, where God gives us insight to the facts of life, that even in the midst of tragedy, there is beauty, thst life goes in cycles, but the physical is not the reality of God's, despite what's going on in the world abroad, we need to understand perspective, that when the veil of what we see roll away, there is beauty! Superbly written, blessings Roy
Comment Written 24-Oct-2023
reply by the author on 27-Oct-2023
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Thank you Roy for this stellar review and the special stars. A six from you definitely makes my day.
Blessings
Janet
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Most welcome Janet
Comment from Jesse James Doty
Yes, there is beauty in nature and the tender moments between lovers or friends. We just have to look for them and search our souls for the one true happiness found in our own backyard. Yes, that's right in our own backyard is what means the most to all of us who gather a bounty of love and contentment.
Jesse
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2023
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Yes, there is beauty in nature and the tender moments between lovers or friends. We just have to look for them and search our souls for the one true happiness found in our own backyard. Yes, that's right in our own backyard is what means the most to all of us who gather a bounty of love and contentment.
Jesse
Comment Written 24-Oct-2023
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2023
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Thank you Jesse for your encouraging review.
Blessings
Janet
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You're welcome, Janet.
Have a great afternoon.
Jesse
Comment from barbara.wilkey
God created this beauty for us. Yes, winter is just around the corner. You did a great job with the description and the emotion. I enjoyed reading this poem. Thank you for sharing it with us. I need to become a fan. I enjoy your poems when I catch them.
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2023
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God created this beauty for us. Yes, winter is just around the corner. You did a great job with the description and the emotion. I enjoyed reading this poem. Thank you for sharing it with us. I need to become a fan. I enjoy your poems when I catch them.
Comment Written 24-Oct-2023
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2023
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Thank you Barbara for your thoughtful and encouraging review. We do need to become fans. I always enjoy your work.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from Verna Cole Mitchell
You did an excellent job of combining nature with emotion. Your melody within the verses is in a minor key with each line echoing the sadness them. I love how you end on a high note.
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2023
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You did an excellent job of combining nature with emotion. Your melody within the verses is in a minor key with each line echoing the sadness them. I love how you end on a high note.
Comment Written 24-Oct-2023
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2023
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Thank you Verna for your thoughtful and encouraging review and special stars. I'm so pleased that this one resonated with you.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from Jacob1395
I loved how you brought autumn to life with your descriptions which conjured up so many images in my mind. Autumn is definitely one of my favourite seasons, I love the different colours in the trees. I really enjoyed reading it.
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2023
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I loved how you brought autumn to life with your descriptions which conjured up so many images in my mind. Autumn is definitely one of my favourite seasons, I love the different colours in the trees. I really enjoyed reading it.
Comment Written 24-Oct-2023
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2023
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Thank you Jacob for your thoughtful and encouraging review. I'm so pleased that this one resonated with you.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from rama devi
Wonderful reflective write. Great flow and rhyming and phonics. I enjoyed reading it aloud, especially these two favorite stanzas:
If only fears could blow away
like last year's auburn autumn leaves,
this world would be a joy filled place
of endless possibilities.
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But I have learned to acquiesce
and measure joy in other ways.
allowing me to see beyond
the beauty of October days.
I love how you lace wisdom and insight-ahas into these stanzas.
Great imagery. Great alliteration. Great presentation.
I'm fatigued, still, from Covid, so I won't list the details of all your poetic devices...I'll let the sixth star speak for those.
Bravo
Warmly,
rd
reply by the author on 27-Oct-2023
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Wonderful reflective write. Great flow and rhyming and phonics. I enjoyed reading it aloud, especially these two favorite stanzas:
If only fears could blow away
like last year's auburn autumn leaves,
this world would be a joy filled place
of endless possibilities.
AND
But I have learned to acquiesce
and measure joy in other ways.
allowing me to see beyond
the beauty of October days.
I love how you lace wisdom and insight-ahas into these stanzas.
Great imagery. Great alliteration. Great presentation.
I'm fatigued, still, from Covid, so I won't list the details of all your poetic devices...I'll let the sixth star speak for those.
Bravo
Warmly,
rd
Comment Written 24-Oct-2023
reply by the author on 27-Oct-2023
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Oh my RD! Where to begin. Your encouraging review has left me speechless. l am honored by your kind comments and so pleased that you enjoyed my thoughts on October. Your six did speak volumes to me.
It's been a tough year with my husband heart surgery and upcoming kidney surgery in addition, our grandson had a stroke in Taiwan and had brain surgery there within days of my husband's surgery. Thankfully, both are getting stronger everyday. So when I stopped one day and truly "looked" at the beauty of October, I could only be thankful and look beyond our little world. God is truly Good.
So sorry you had Covid. I had it a year ago and it really did take some time to recover. Take care and feel better soon.
Blessings dear rd.
Janet
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Thanks for your gracious response, dear Janet. So sorry to hear of all the health challenges in your family--especially all at once! But thankful to hear it's all improving. Here too. till fatigued but not sick. Our house is getting worked on and we may finally be able to move back in (after hurricane IAN) in a couple of months.
Wish you all the best, always and all ways~
Blessings,
rd
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Happy to hear you will be back in your home soon. That must have been a scary event but thankfully you survived it. Glad to you?re better and pray you continue to feel better each day.
Blessings
Janet
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Thank you so much, dear Janet. It's been frustrating but not scary. :)
Blessings to you!
Love and hugs,
rd