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Signal the end of summer
Rainy grey mornings
Memories already mist
All the projects left undone
~ Summer’s lease hath all too short a date ~ *
October beckons
Costumes and candy galore
Dreams dissolve daily
Floating fast into the past
Replaced by holiday plans
*William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18
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Tanka puente written for the Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge (with alliteration).
Very nice, Paula! 👍
ReplyDeleteA terrific two-tanka sandwich with wonderful Willy filling! Salute!
ReplyDeleteWow, its laready Septemebr? My head is still in May! LOL loved your Tanka, Paula! Well done! 🧡
ReplyDeleteOk, old eyes here but I honestly thought at first that it was WS who wrote the lines beginning with. "October beckons..." And I was like, "kids wore costumes and went trick or treating back then?" And then I looked more closely and realized that YOU wrote the lines and you starred a quote by WS. I do like the words that YOU wrote!! WS's words are ok, lol!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant tanka puente for the season 🍂
ReplyDeleteOh, this is gorgeous, Paula!💗
ReplyDeleteI like that. October cannot come soon enough.
ReplyDeleteA hopeful and heartening poetic piece, beautifully written. Yes, we have survived another tribulation of heat and glare, and can now look forward to the cooler and moister times. What matter the projects left undone when October beckons just one more month away?
ReplyDeleteThank you, everyone! 🩷
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful. Thank you for joining the challenge. Robbie
ReplyDeleteLovely summary of the changing seasons! And Shakespeare was right: Summer is too short, especially where I live since we had record rain.
ReplyDeleteBring it on! I'm so ready for Autumn!
ReplyDeleteThat was me ready for autumn. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous, Paula. I love the tanka Puente and you've given autumn vibes I can't wait to get here!! 🧡
ReplyDeleteThese are my feelings too for this time of year. You have read my mind. a beautiful poem 💜
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