Abundance.
August,
Season of burgeoning juice, lusty-tongued weeks
fermenting with beauty how ready your fat ripe fountain
when sun-seared tawny crops drop tall harvest
heads of ears crusted with fruit.
August,
spreader of russet through emerald lushness yet
positioned to walk not run sews knots in dash, dawdles
as dawn, webbed in gilt gossamer, stops swell
of hedge-berries by viscous dew.
August,
autumnal minnion paints mellow between blaze
of finished July, sheds quiet on growth's gaudy face and
laced with change dampens summer's great
need for chasing high-flying rules.
August,
of late begins to bulge, bellies as eighth-month
weight nudges toward deflation of plenty, sheds longer
nights over sated abundance and brings
an end to frenetic maturing.
August,
as bounty's rich voice allows September's music
time to rehearse it waits in reaped wings, stored seed,
of dried wealth pays somnolent dividends
before winter's cold solo re-tunes.
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Author:
Fay Slimm. (
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Nice seasonal, Fay. Lovely.
Very good bounteous write Fay.
AUGUST ~ Come she must
But when she comes
A Harvest ripe she brings
And all of Nature sings ! AMEN
Thanks FAY ~ A lovely Month ~ A lovely Picture and Poem ~ From a lovely Lady ! There are so so many layers to this Poem ~ that I see a new nuance each time I read it ~ Yours as ever BRIAN ! I invite you to taste my Minestrone & a Glass of Chianti Classico ~ B.
A great homage to a great Month.
Your poem took me back to my childhood in Brazil living in the farms with my family. Was so beautiful to see the corn fields. The coffee beans are so sweet when ripe. I loved to jump on the cotton balls at the shed. Thanks for taking me to lovely memories. Great sweet poem for abundance.
Nicely done Fay. August is not my favorite month, but after reading this I reconsider 🙂
I don't think I ever saw a nicer write about August than this one, Fay. Beautifully penned!
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