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October

Poem By: Xenia
Poetry


I owe much to this October A poetic miniature can be a kind of attempt to pay my debts..
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Submitted: Oct 9, 2006    Reads: 69    Comments: 3    Likes: 0   


Nothing is that close as extremities. In October here in the north, where everything prepares to fade and die, nature expresses such voluptuous sorrow that it sometimes sounds more like an ode to joy.

A small fruit of wild rose is close to crack and spray it’s crimson tension kept strict still by the tight leather-like envelope.

An oak-leaf sticks to the front window of the car struggling against indifferent wipers – catching the last chance not to disappear in the vast mosaic of the fall.

And an inscription on the rusty garbage container – “For the snow” – reminds softly what for all these changes are happening...


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Loved this, living in the northeast, in October. What you describe is it! 'everything prepares to fade and die', the oak-leaf wanting to not disappear, the garbage container holding the dreaded "snow" word! Wonderful poem.

Posted: Oct 22, 2006

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It is a great pleasure that you could share and get a response - and distance doesn't matter. Thank you very much Roisin!
Warm Russian greetings despite of cold!

I know what you mean the was perfect :)

Posted: Dec 31, 2006



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