I Think I Have Known Autumn For Far Too Long (poem) by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner on AuthorsDen

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I Think I Have Known Autumn For Far Too Long
by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
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a wind has blown the rain away & the sky away & all the leaves away, & the trees stand. i think i, too, have known autumn too long. ~ e. e. cummings

Image (c) 2010, Karla Dorman

... i think i have known autumn for
far too long --- the dying season,
where everything i have ever loved
makes like leaves and falls from
the trees.

i tried to keep you: i pressed you
between the pages of my favorite
book, took pictures ---

but it wasn't enough.

nothing i can do to bring you back:
your colors have faded, your edges
are cracked and brittle --- even my
tears don't help. should throw you
away, but i. just. can't ---

it's the last thing i have of you.

(c) 2010, Karla Dorman (12/8)

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Reviewed by stan nassano	12/12/2010

letting go is hard ,nice write,watching the trees in their glory ,being stripped naked ,to stand cold and stark,is a lot lkke lifes sxperience's and you capture that in your words




Reviewed by Jon Willey	12/12/2010

Karla, a touching write my dear friend. A beautiful metaphor. Autumn is the changing of the guard for seasons and the time for changing of our perceptions. Your words address birth, death the renewal of life and emotion as well. It is well that you have chosen to share this sagely perspective. I bid you love and peace. Jon Michael




Reviewed by Don Juan Amante	12/10/2010

this is real and soul touching poetry




Reviewed by Ed Matlack	12/10/2010

Like all other seasons you can expect those leaves to return pretty fast...I doubt its as cold there as it is here tonight...(14 degrees), ED




Reviewed by Mr. Ed	12/9/2010

Powerfully sad, but thank God we can look forward to Spring.




Reviewed by LadyJtalks LadyJzTalkZone (Reader)	12/8/2010

in each picture remains the memory of what it was and truly what life will be again. Just you wait and see!




Reviewed by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen	12/8/2010

Touching write, thank you for sharing In Christs Love Michelle~




Reviewed by Paul Berube	12/8/2010

Sad write, Karla. Sounds like you just need to put it in God's hands.




Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado	12/8/2010

At least we HAD an autumn to remember; hopefully we will have some semblance of a winter, like we did last year. Somehow seventy degrees in December, January, or February seems all wrong. Give me the cold and the snow! Well done, Karla; brava! (((HUGS))) and much love, your twin, Karen Lynn. :)




Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan	12/8/2010

this is beautifully written! very touching




Reviewed by Mary Lacey, Desertrat	12/8/2010

Karla, It is sad when the glorious leaves fade into the sunset leaving nothing but barren branches. But, remember they always come back. Excellent write. Mary




Reviewed by Peter Schlosser (Reader)	12/8/2010

so metaphoric and deep on many levels, the birth-death-rebirth cycle spanning each and every particle in the limitless universe. really beautiful karla, lucid poem of depth and weight.

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