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Autumn Poems

Updated: Dec 20, 2023

Solitude in Autumn

by John J. Rosenbaum

11-6-1968


Cattle pastures bare and empty

Rustling corn in crisp sharp air

Bare maples stand, leaves fallen deep

The last shot fired and dies away.


Quiet places, distant hills,

Everything is fading now,

The crimson west a brilliant glow

Each million years here touch this day.




Reflected Light            

by John J. Rosenbaum

6-28-1988


The full moon shines across the land,

Tree shadows run across my lawn,

Light from our hidden sun I see 

Reflected light from dusk to dawn.


The trees beneath are silhouette

Small wispy clouds glide past the moon,

The crickets give their endless call,

With love and life, my souls’ in tune.


I listen deep to every sound

For in between time comes to bay,

It’s passing cease’ to hem me in,

I siphon off the weight of day.


Thus gently can I feel the night,

Reflected light to view the day,

No moment seems to crowd me now,

Beneath the trees I pick my way.


As morning rays transluce the sky,

And moon is slipping out of sight,

I know the day will better be 

Was entered from reflected light.



 


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