dead leaves gilt in gold,
another autumn day gone by
--like empty promise

A crisp snowfall
while you play a cello suite,
the moon must be crying

In the autumn gales
the ground littered with dead leaves
--all those yesterdays

yesterday's green leaves,
today's gold dust underfoot
like so many dreams

undimmed by autumn
the trees remain verdant
yet the days darken
now you have gone far away
even so, my love blossoms

© Beatrice V

such mellow autumn

even this greying day shines

in the gentle rain

a gift of peonies--

arranging them, some flowers

fall off already.

did your embrace last that long?

I gather fallen blossoms


© Beatrice V.
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on a silver moon

the shadow of swaying trees

-undressed by Autumn


© Beatrice V.

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Such autumnal hues

cling to the window today

-those new curtains


© Beatrice V

the sun is muted
seeing trees deepening to red
with autumn passion

Beatrice V

at first, clouds gathered

to play hide-and-seek with the sun

now, they fall; and fall

Beatrice V