tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18463596.post7267439009028244663..comments2023-09-21T19:44:59.512-04:00Comments on Joy Leftow's Poetry Blog: Autumn BreezesJoy Leftowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700619411586350136noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18463596.post-56574551181666499242008-10-23T18:35:00.000-04:002008-10-23T18:35:00.000-04:00consonantal alliteration, the images, the colors, ...consonantal alliteration, the images, the colors, the textures, it's all working here Joy, you carry this well without breaking out into cliche --- a very very nice read to boot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18463596.post-22364634467442975902008-10-22T02:56:00.000-04:002008-10-22T02:56:00.000-04:00That's wonderfully poetic. Asolutely loved it. you...That's wonderfully poetic. Asolutely loved it. <BR/>your longing comes distinctly through:<BR/><I>Orange Bird of Paradise flanks the entrance to the nearby park<BR/><BR/>Exhorts me to see<BR/>Flowers before the winter breeze steals them away<BR/>From my window all I see is the steel gray hardness</I><BR/><BR/>The romance in the following lines I quote is beautiful.<BR/><I>The farmer from Iowa tells me the cornfields all brown now<BR/>Yet inside my head<BR/>I long for chartreuse & kelly green Iowa cornfields<BR/>Swaying in the breeze</I><BR/><BR/>And well, reading this, I'd wanna come to the west. America is very beauftiul, I hear.Kushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05153330074390558887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18463596.post-77599156459721911352008-10-21T21:27:00.000-04:002008-10-21T21:27:00.000-04:00it seems Autumn is Creation's crown of glory. out ...it seems Autumn is Creation's crown of glory. out in the country last week i watched a tree turn from green to yellow and red all in the space of a few days, outside my window. this seems to have turned poetic in at least part of your poem. so descriptive indeed.bambooandplumblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03926272018387422609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18463596.post-88535331893056039402008-10-21T19:49:00.000-04:002008-10-21T19:49:00.000-04:00Yes, yes, yes! ;)Cool....Yes, yes, yes! ;)<BR/>Cool....John B. Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18463596.post-4016813055515928432008-10-21T18:41:00.000-04:002008-10-21T18:41:00.000-04:00Indeed, what Tanuj says is right That's a lovely s...Indeed, what Tanuj says is right That's a lovely stanza. Can't get over it as I recite it over and over again. So elemental. Ah, fall colors before the first freeze!fleuve-souterrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02671460507098082150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18463596.post-17011446449686237392008-10-21T08:14:00.000-04:002008-10-21T08:14:00.000-04:00Liked it a lot!"I feel a poem coming on like an ur...Liked it a lot!<BR/><BR/>"<BR/>I feel a poem coming on like an urge to eat something sweet<BR/>A craving to see something beyond these city streets<BR/>"<BR/><BR/>Very poetic indeed!Tanuj Solankihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593893191851771382noreply@blogger.com