#octpowrimo
The trees are changing
As the temperature drops
As fast as the rain
Vibrant greens transform
Into a picturesque palette5
Of reds and browns
Signs of mercury
Travelling swiftly towards
The thermometer bulb
And deciduous trees all
Shed their leaves and seeds
In attempt to create new plants
#Octpowrimo
Crafted from the cocoa bean and
Hot steamed milk
Out of the cold autumnal morning
Comes something warm and satisfying
Only your tastebuds can truly tell why you
Like it so much
As you send a biscuit in
The sweet smelling brew, for a bit of an
Explore
Another post from inky via allpoetry.com
The squirrels are a scurrying
amongst the fallen leaves
searching out the conkers
hiding in the trees eaves
Carpet, multi coloured
paints a walker a scene
an autumnal view, that carries a few
colours, of red, gold, brown, green
And as bird watcher goes a twitching,
the animals go have some lunch
As the watcher goes round, he cant help but make a sound
as the leaves underneath him go crunch
But lets give our thanks to the Autumn,
who’s colours are warm and so bright,
as Winter arrives, the frost and snow thrives
turning the leaves on th’floor white!
#CB&W #Weather
When i saw this prompt from cees black and white challenge, I
expect you knew the response you see – It’s blooming
Autumn, they cried!
The weather’s bound to be bad, said some we’re gearing up for winter
Hot climates moved back, said others, towards the equator…
Everyone’s thinking of heading where its currently Summer,
Relax – I said, enjoy the White Christmas!
Two leaves, lost by the trees in Autumn, and used in an arty sense! Photo: BFK
Autumn is a little bit odd for a deciduous tree
you see whilst the evergreens are keeping their leaves
the deciduous trees are getting ready to lose theirs
and slowly their leaves turn from green
to yellow, to red and then brown
and as they do, they drift in the air
before landing on the ground
<a href=”https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/foggy/”>Foggy</a>
For years it’s been a clarion call,
Over the hills and valleys it falls
Greeting us all, with the message
Get yourselves ready, winters on its way!
you may ignore the creeping fog…but the leaves have already fallen
Lonely on the bare branch
expecting to fall at any moment
autumn’s arrival – taken its brothers and sisters
fallen and gathered on the grass below
Salford 19th August 2017
They say clothes make the man / woman
well, whoever wrote that obviously lives somewhere nearer to the equator than i do.
They’ve also never experienced the phenomenon that is Horizontal Rain.
If its sunbathing weather – then obviously i’ll be in shirt sleeves and a pair of shorts lapping up the sun and the blue skies. Dipping my toes in cold sea water to cool off before returning to my deckchair and reading material.
On a Volunteering gig ? then i’ll have the customary event t-shirt and hat and (precautionary) jacket in case of a downpour. Nine times out of ten – i’ve never needed it
If though, the angels working in the cloud – decide the ground needs a shower that waterproof jacket comes in handy….oncoming athletes in a downpour sometimes look on in envy.
As the weather changes – so does the kit. Organising committees on these events have adapted their kits to allow for my hometown’s inclement weather patterns – meaning during midsummer thru autumn , the occasional fleece is thrown in my general direction and unlike the waterproof – these do get used on a regular basis
for after summer – if the rain doesn’t get you – the wind most certainly will.
and you can always take these layers off if the weather improves, it gets warmer, wind drops etc. Its why they issue volunteers with a bag at events.
Notable thing at these outdoor events – how the dress code goes out of the window when the sun has got his hat on, and the ice cream van is doing a rip roaring trade.
#coloryourworld #cyw #maroon
Maybe its
Autumn, that reminds me of you most.
Rich red colour spread through warm tones
of spice mulled wine
or perhaps its the berries and spices
noted as ingredients, used to produce the brew
Two leaves rescued from a trip down the drain
travelling down the Trafford Road
The plane leaf – soaring like its mechanical cousin
skipping and dancing on the Salford Wind
The maple leaf – smaller, lighter quicker
playing hopscotch over the sandstone paving
Their brothers and sisters lie bereft
hiding under evergreens to keep out of the rain
as Maple and Plane are captured in colour
Impressions of Autumn – that are brighter and fuller
