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Flamboyant, fabulous fall waits in the wings
As sultry summer gradually winds down,
Losing strength to chilly changes September brings,
Leaving lovers of long hot days wearing a frown.
Delights await those who favor fall.
Exciting festivals and special days
Enliven our spirits. Outdoor scenes enthrall,
Pleasing the eye with vast, colorful arrays,
Inspiring, serving as poet's and painter's muse.
Nature lends progressively less daylight.
Trick-or-treaters have cute costumes to choose,
Ornate orange bags or buckets—adorable sight—
And sweets to eat on Halloween night.
Umber earth is rendered white by frost, then snow.
Thanksgiving feasts and football are November fare.
Ultimate fall plans center around coming yuletide glow.
Merry Christmas! Gather; gifts and blessings, share.
Now winter waits with a new year in tow.
This poem first appeared in Westward Quarterly (Fall 2021).
Used here with permission.
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Janice Canerdy is a retired high-school English teacher from Potts Camp, Mississippi. A poet since childhood, her work has appeared in numerous anthologies, contest journals, and poetry magazines over the years. Janice is the author of two books: Expressions of Faith (Christian Faith Publishers, 2016, now out of print) and From Serious to Slapstick--Poems, Like Life (Doctors Dream Publishing, 2024). A former president of the Mississippi Poetry Society, she is honored to have been named their Poet of the Year.
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Wilda Morris:
Both rhyming and acrostic. And wonderful vocabulary.
Posted 09/23/2022 09:53 AM
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Lori Levy:
Especially like the opening line--"flamboyant, fabulous fall..."
Posted 09/22/2022 03:37 PM
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Kelly Scott:
Such a lovely poem! You did a great job of "Hitting on the noggin".
Posted 09/22/2022 03:36 PM
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mail@schoolbusmart.com:
I like it. Flows nicely, love the rhymes. Good job!
Posted 09/22/2022 11:11 AM
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bobbi43sml@aol.com:
Acrostics can be a real challenge. Well done! I write rhymes for each of my Grand kids birthdays - my first two were Jane and Ana ---- duck soup for acrostic ;;; and then, along came Alexander ... and I went back to rhyming couplets ,,, LOL.
Posted 09/22/2022 09:13 AM
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Michael:
This is a superb piece of work Janice . . . thank you.
Posted 09/22/2022 08:31 AM
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