Autumn uplifts her golden samovar
spilling amber across the maple trees.
Her hair flutters like flaming cinnabar
or soft skeins of silk in the morning breeze.
Her breath is a blossom of misty rain.
Her eyes are jade lanterns of willow green,
and her lips are kissed with a berry stain
or first blush of love in a virgin queen.
I see her shiver beneath glittered sleeves
as smokestacks rise into the early sky,
and prayer boats are made of fallen leaves
on a lake of tears that falls from her eye.
Thunderstruck am I on thoughts of levin.
Heaven on earth is autumn in heaven.
A heartwarming poem of the day. Congrats on your featured piece, dear Ma’am Linda Marie......10++❤️
A virgin queen! ! Romance of Autumn; Fragrance of life. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
prayer boats are made of fallen leaves on a lake of tears that falls from her eye. Thunderstruck am I on thoughts of levin. Heaven on earth is autumn in heaven. What a sweet poem full of hope and joy. tony
Superbly crafted beautiful imagery indeed. Congrats on your well deserved positioning. Thanks for sharing. x
Thunderstruck am I on thoughts of levin. Heaven on earth is autumn in heaven. /// beautiful autumnal sonnet; lovingly penned; congrats for being selected this poem as POD
Sandra Feldman said it best. All I can add is " Congratulations" !
Such a beautiful imagery for colors of heaven. Nothing matches the heaven brought to earth by Autumn's splendor.
You don't see my applause. I see in your poem Virgin letters, spring of poetry in poem about the sublime feeling. You played the words like spilling pearls and and you don't regret it. I bow down for poet's soul. P.S. Read again what Sandra Feldman wrote about your poem and believe: " Sandra is a real judge who never act."
Linda Marie Van Tassell, I love the words that you chose. You are indeed a great writer. I am particularly touched (profoundly) by your life story. I am quoting you: " I appreciate the most important thing of all in life, that one thing which is easily overlooked in today's society - love. I live my life to love and be loved. All else falls to the wayside." , wrote Linda Marie Van Tassell. Merci beaucoup! Hebert Logerie 2/21/2020
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A beautiful sonnet that warms any heart and uplifts the spirit of any soul, lucky enough to read this captivating poem. Richly deserving the accolade of poem of the day. Thank you for writing and sharing this for each and all. And may God Bless and Keep you and the loved ones around you.