A tympani of mindful masters
Mirrored scenes in deep-well springs,
Now their leaves like gifts of giving
Thrill like flowers strewn for kings.
Summer’s symphony fast fading
Psalms of sages - Autumn brings!
Volumes of distinctive treasure
Spread like carpets for our mind,
Golden red, burnt orange and yellow
Now conjugate and intertwine -
Decomposing ~ re-composing
What waits ahead from what’s behind ...
© 2009 Joy A. Burki-Watson
Author notes
"The ancient sages have a message of meaningful purpose in our lives."
"The wonder is that we can see these trees, and not wonder more."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.”
Robert Browning
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” George Eliot
“Believe in yourself, your neighbors, your work, your ultimate attainment of more complete happiness. It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in Autumn.”
B.C. Forbes
A contest entry
- Fall's Image Prompt by Cynthia Gaines.
2400 points, ended November 8, 20 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Very nice ...
and very well executed. Congratulations on the shiny trophy as well. -
Autumn is a season of wonder. A welcome relief from summer's oppressive heat is just one of its enJOYable gifts to us. Good luck in the contest.
Sincerely,
Leo Long
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Well it seems you've intertwined the wisdom of thinkers and their writing with the splendors of nature and how both die yet their value for tomorrow lives on. That's quite creative, you are to be congratulated on that!
Here leaves have a double meaning (books/wisdom and of course nature), but both lead to that aforementioned growth.
Ah I wonder if Whitman and Emerson would be pleased to know we view their wisdom as compost?
I have another name for mine. Cow s---
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There is a warm glow of autumn shaded inspiration in this write Joy. Masterful words in your own right planting the seeds you collected from words of past and giving your readers a current scenic view.
Very nicely done and best to you in the contest.
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Your words awaken the senses
to the rush of seasonal changes---
that you describe in distinctive
style that commands attention!!!
M-C
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Brilliant Penning...
I really enjoyed reading this masterpiece, Joy!! Thank you for sharing your shining muse with all of us, I'm wishing you all the best!! 
& 
s,
Cyn
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My, my ...
this is quite a write. Too bad you don't enter some of my contests.
In any case, good luck in this one.
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Carpets of gold for the feet to wander...very gently worded my friend
A message as old as time to ponder...in my beginning is my end
Excellent work, as always, a pleasure to read!
J
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a beautiful, lyrical piece.
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Wonderfully descriptive piece Joy. The imagery created ties in well with the feelings of this beautiful season.. Bless you and good luck my friend...mal
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