I walked the shady cobblestone
In limbo if you will.
No other moment in my life
Has felt so stale and still.
Between two chapters in my life,
Afraid to turn the page,
I felt a captive bird now perched
Upon my open cage.
Afraid to fly, afraid to stay,
But knowing I must go.
Entreated and enchanted by
The Autumn breeze's blow.
My heart was sure those winds of change
Would whisk away my strife.
So with the change in season comes
Change also in my life.
Now while the leaves will die and fall
And other things decay.
I'll ruffle all my feathers and
Prepare to fly away.
A contest entry
- I LOVE Autumn ~ Do You? by Still Standing.
1200 points, ended September 15, 40 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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excellently said. this is great and im pleased you won gold too
no wonder its a popular poem.
Emma
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yes this is beautiful!!
Love and blessings
Rend
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Well said, most certainly! I especially like the last stanza... a wonderful metaphoric message that made me smile.
Nature poems are among my favorites and this one is lovely. 
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This is a very well written Poem of change and adptation and survival. Your thoughts flow so fluidly with easy to relate to feelings. Lovely blend of nature and life in this piece. Well Done!
Congrats on the Gold Trophy 
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Write on!
You have been Spotlighted by your poetic Bandit
family today because WE CARE! 
Brother Dennis 
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A very moving poem, blending the emotions from within and nature into a meaningful poem. It was lovely to read, and I am so glad you got the gold trophy!
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I liked the way you developed the extended metaphor in this poem. The language is precise and well-chosen and the poem has great flow. I'm not surprised this won a gold trophy - it is a poem with great vision and one that many people can relate to.
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Quite a neatly rhymed written and unusual autumn tribute poem I like how you equate the seasons with life. Well done and congrats.on the gold
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No wonder you won that Gold!
This has such a melodious flow, beautiful content, imagery & word choice. The metaphor is fine & it's as if you've written a Sonnet about fall & life at the same time. This is really well done. 
I have some suggestions for the presentation of this...I'll send them on later. 
Congrats on the trophy! 
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The rhyme flows beautiful, through your words, life is changing with the seasons from stale and still to the urge to fly, an Autumn high.
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This is just beautiful! a wonderful tribute to Autumn, the season I love the most. Awesome rhyme and rhythm. I love it!
Love & light
Debbera
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Oh My this is a Beauty and Love the Images
You paint with Your words~
Excellent take on the prompt~
Adore the rhyme too
Congratulations on Your shiny!
-throws confetti-
Woot~
Thank You for sharing Your Talent
Best wishes in all You do
with love & light~ Desire~*~
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Very beautiful and imaginative. So creative you are with this. I loved it. The methaphors and rhythm, everything, was perfect. One of the best poems I have read in a while. Congrats on being picked by The Bandits. Have a great day and keep penning.
Sam I Am
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WOW! Brilliant work on this! A well deserved Gold! the imagery you created here was perfection! It was smooth, and easy to read. I loved the rhythm, and rhyme of this piece! You have done an excellent job! I love Autumn as well, Everything seems crisp, yet not frozen! Great work! and congrats!
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Very cleaver, and you recieved Gold how great for you. This is what happens when you do good work...mac
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Congrats on a well deserved Gold. Great rhyme and meter. I found myself reading it out loud. This was a pleasure to read and a refreshingly different take on Autumn.
Bill
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I really like the loose rhyme scheme! Makes it flow extremely well! The beginning draws the reader in automatically! I can picture a bird ready to migrate because of the change in season! Beautiful imagery! Sometimes I wish i was a bird ;-)
A well deserved gold! Enjoy your spotlight hun x x DD
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Congratulations on the Gold
This is such a wonderful Autumn poem I love the imagery that comes through - sighs -
the third stanza is my favourite Stunning rhyme too
♥
Stay safe
~Manda
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loved this brilliant in word and rhym very clever cheers and congrats on a well deserved gold
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Wonderful, brilliant, enchanting, mesmerizing as is much of your poetry... as I have long claimed you have the magical knack of and for poetry... and yes, I loved it...
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Your poetry always flows so well and is such a joy to read! The imagery was brilliant. A marvellous poem
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This poem simply dances with precession meter. What a delight to read aloud as you paint the image so originally.
Love,
Amera♥
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Perfect! So very beautiful in every way, a sublime work of poetry. Breathtaking and delightful to read. I'll read it more than once, to be sure. I think I will bookmark this as well. I praise your incredible ability to pen words the heart understands so well...
S
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Outstanding!
Wow. I love where you took the prompt here and you really made my heart skip a beat. This indeed is a work of art and touched me in ways I can't begin to explain. Amazing work. Good luck and thanks for entering! -
Very tight and thoughtful
Beautifully tight meter and rhyme with this poem. You also did a nice job with giving a fresh paint job to an old metaphor (the bird needing to fly). The only line that I would suggest tinkering with would be the final line of stanza #4 which seemed a little forced to me. I would suggest something like "so with the changing season comes some changes in my life." Any way you look at it, this is a very nice write and you show a very developed sense of structure and metaphor. Nice job.
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