24 September




twilight saw us bike riding down the little hill to the old dock

past the old couple sitting on their porch watching the sunset


 last of the summer cosmos 

growing up all wild like along the pathway 


by now the crisp autumn breeze has blown them over

petals whirling down onto the pavement and

 whisked down the little road to the beach


farewell my sweet cosmos

with your gay and graceful blossoms

nodding adieu


to the dying light 

of a last summer evening








Comments

  1. Hootin Anni24/09/2013, 06:48

    'nodding adieu' to summer is something I have been looking forward to for months. LOL

    Love the textured effect on the blossom.

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  2. murgen24/09/2013, 07:49

    Very beautiful and kind of sad for me.

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  3. Laura24/09/2013, 08:10

    So lovely, in image and word.

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  4. Brian Miller24/09/2013, 08:24

    a peaceful ride together....to honor the closing of the season...the last fruits of the harvest before the great sleep....

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  5. Lynn24/09/2013, 08:43

    very colourful prose and your textured photo is sublime.

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  6. abrianna24/09/2013, 10:29

    Lovely image and thoughts.

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  7. Anonymous24/09/2013, 10:54

    Cosmos are elegant and beautiful flowers.

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  8. Karen24/09/2013, 11:28

    Love;y, great tecture!

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  9. Dotti24/09/2013, 11:39

    'Simply' beautiful! The photo and the thoughts, both. Lovely to meet you here {from Tuesday Muse}.

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  10. Nancy24/09/2013, 12:33

    The weather here has a definite Autumn feel to it now... lovely edit.

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  11. Rambling Woods24/09/2013, 13:00

    What a lovely poem to go with your photo. I love the texture too.. yes it is the long good-bye of fall. Thank you for linking into Nature Notes..I love having poetry included too...Michelle

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  12. Sharon24/09/2013, 22:51

    Lovely cosmos, lovely poem -- haunting, kind of sad, and beautiful too.

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  13. I Wilkerson25/09/2013, 12:37

    Lovely--really captures the mood.

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  14. Kim25/09/2013, 14:08

    Beautiful image.

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  15. Beverly25/09/2013, 15:56

    This is so pretty!

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  16. pam25/09/2013, 16:23

    Thank you so much for linking up! I love this post!

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  17. Sallie (FullTime-Life)25/09/2013, 20:26

    Beautiful poem....the older I get the more I admire the brave flowers that hang on into fall ...and still retain their elegant beauty!

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