Autumn Dance
The rhythm slowed
The pitch dropped
The beats from the drums of summer
Are halted ~ adrenaline waned ~
To give way to the mild strumming of the cords
Switching the sound mood to acoustics.
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The dancers changed costume
In colors, but tinged
With earthy tones.
The stage is decorated with melancholy.
The lights subdued,
Shadows more pronounced
From bright to dim.
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And then the autumn dance begins.
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The dancers take their grand entrance from above;
Pirouetting in the air
Following the rhythms of the wind ~
The rustling sound ~ their music.
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The show enraptures
To a colorful dance
As the players in the grandest
Of the show
Take their fleeting turns
On the stage,
Suspended in mid-air,
Before they take a bow
To an inevitable finale ~
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One by one ~
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They fall to the grounds
Of happy ending
Leaving such lovely clutter ~
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One by one ~
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They take their corners
Creating colorful tapatries
Covering the earth floors
Like quilts where they become
Momentary insulation
To pulsating inhabitants
Against the impending cold ~
One by one ~
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They take their exit
To a good autumn rest
And winter sleep ~
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One by one ~
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The audience leave the outdoors,
Acquiescent and resigned
To the shelter
Of their roofs, the brick walls
Taking refuge in the hearth
Of the once dormant fireplace
Now awake.
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One by one
The dancers and the audience leave.
The autumn dance ends
To a freeze.
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My mind figure skates
As I hear the approaching
Crystal-like sound
Of winter.
jeques
beautiful,just beautiful..
PM00000060000005430 10, 2007 at 12:00 pm11
Thank you for dropping by my web nook and leaving a mark like lovely footprints forever imprinted on this page with your comment.
I wish you well.
~ Jeques
PM00000060000003630 10, 2007 at 12:00 pm11
You captured and defined the essence of my most loved season so beautifully, great job my friend!
PM00000080000000130 10, 2007 at 12:00 pm11
Hi Vicki! It’s a nice surprise to read a comment from you here in my web nook being used to have exchanges with you more in Facebook. Welcome to my quiet nook, I hope you visit more often. You can subscribe here so you will be updated of my latest posts.
I wish you well.
~ Jeques
PM00000080000001530 10, 2007 at 12:00 pm11
hope everything’s doin fine!
you have perfectly captured autumn. autumn is my favorite season
AM00000070000000530 10, 2007 at 12:00 am11
dear jeques,
how lovely to read this poem and the analogy of it in a dance being performed on stage. i like the sequence and the personified descriptions of entrances and exits of autumn, the show, the tapestries, the quilts and the changing costumes, which reinforces the images of autumn. i like the slow rhythms, the subdued tones, the strumming of the chords and the subdued lights. i like the lengthening of shadows, the deepening dimness and the melancholic state of solitude. this poem has all the right paces and angles that make the imagination at work. truly remarkable indeed. all the best to you.
AM000000120000000629 10, 2007 at 12:00 am02
Coming from a country with tropical climate we don’t really completely understand the seasons – we only know of rain and shine. When I came here, I tried to write my poems using the seasons as backdrop, to dress up my thoughts or about the seasons completely. Autumn was the first season I wrote in a poem because it was autumn when I arrived in chicago, it’s my favorite season and inspired many of my poems for 5 years now.
Autumn Dance compared to my earlier autumn poems shows how I now better understand the season and myself as I age. The elements are now in place as I continue to observe and watch autumn each year like I continue to study and understand the seasons within.
As I’ve previously mentioned, it helps that we see new places to give our poems new backdrops: it helps that I experience the 4 seasons for me to understand better the seasons within. It gave new depths to my works yet the heart of my poems remains for they are anchored in my soul and steadfast.
I wish you well.
~ Jeques
AM000000100000001929 10, 2007 at 12:00 am02