2 September
grace
August pirouettes across the kitchen floor
as I sweep the beach sand back outside again
August dances on an evening breeze and tickles the air on the porch
rocking our chairs
carrying the sounds of guitar and soft song
into the hush
August dries the bathing suits that hang on the hooks in the bathroom
and puddles the sea water onto the floor beneath them
August hears the sounds of children's laughter
and sees the eyes that crinkle when they smile
August smells of marshmallows and small fires and giant old fir trees
August sets the geese down in the golden fields and swoops them up again over drifting seas
August sways us gently toward the inevitable and steps aside
September gently touches nodding goldenrod and turns the apples red
So we who stand here in the gleam of so lovely and so charming of a dance
will know the splendid joy of August
who whirls us through the summers of our lives
and leaves us in reverence of her grace.
To have it all and give it up so sweetly
Utterly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWell, this sure is wonderful. :) You've made August even more beautiful.
ReplyDeletelove those campfires and marshmallows...and fir trees....august into september is perfect weather to camp...excellent closing line as well...
ReplyDeleteI think I will look at the month of August a little differently now. You are so talented. Thank you for sharing! It was beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBlessings from Still Woods Farmhouse
This is so beautiful. I love the delicate handing over of months and seasons.
ReplyDeleteSeasons changing is always melancholic, but never as much as the change from summer into autumn, I feel.
ReplyDeleteMersad
Mersad Donko Photography
How simply lovely!
ReplyDeleteReally enjoyed this. I missed a bit of my summer this year due to the insane amount of rain we've had. Looking forward to fall....it's may fave. You captured both so nicely.
ReplyDeleteDelicate, lovely lines of transformation and impermanence!
ReplyDeleteYes, lovely indeed.
ReplyDeleteSo beautifully depicted, the grace of this season!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely piece. I enjoyed this so much I read it twice. Beautiful. Just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great personification of a month. It's a neat idea.
ReplyDeleteLove it. Makes me feel melancholy, yet again, for the passing of my favorite season. You've captured it perfectly.
ReplyDeleteLove it. Makes me feel melancholy, yet again, for the passing of my favorite season. You've captured it perfectly.
ReplyDeleteI'm in awe! This is gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteoh this is really nice! great piece! wish I had written it.
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MOV
Beautiful and reminiscent. Love this piece! So very well crafted.
ReplyDelete-Alicia Audrey
This made me happy and sad... we spend June on the beach, and it is so lovely and summery...and now as fall starts to show itself it makes me long for those days.
ReplyDeleteI love the simplicity of both your design and your way of writing. This is lovely. Thanks for linking up. Don't forget to come back to Trifecta and vote for your favorites. It's community judging this week!
ReplyDeleteGreat poem. Especially love the opening lines. <3 august pirouetting <3
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ReplyDeletewow. this was quite stunning really.
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