Fall birthdays are the best. Balloons
seem superfluous to the colorful, animated
trees – playing backdrop for the festive
frolicing of friends and family –
painted with reds and oranges and yellows.
Even the browns feel alive
before jumping to the ground,
smiling to their final resting place.
Give me red of rosy cheeks
bitten by an autumn breeze.
Give me orange of pumpkin patch playgrounds
alive with laughter.
Give me yellow of hayrides hopping
down dusty roads removing harvest’s veil.
Bring me fall. Bring me bewitching days
and crisp nights hinting
at the cold to come, burning
birthday candles lighting the way.
Phillip Knight Scott | © 2019
Written for the BrewNSpewCafe weekly prompt “festive” and Putting My Feet in the Dirt “harvest veil” and VJ’s Weekly Challenge #65 “smile“
Phillip, how perfectly you captured the aura of fall. I bet those who may not like the fall season will fall in love with it after reading your beautiful poem. An autumnal birthday gift, indeed, filled with laughter and warm smiles. This is truly delightful and thank you so much for joining in.
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Delightful!
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Thanks so much, Lynne!
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Well, and it’s not the only recent poem of yours I like! Thanks for visiting my site and I look forward to reading more of your work, Phillip.
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All three of my children are born in the fall, so I’m sure they concur. Lovely use of colour. Thanks so much for joining in.
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I love Autumn 🌾🌾and I love your poem!😊 You are very talented.
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Thanks so much! You are too kind 🙂
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Your poem is full of smiles! You describe the ideal Autumn….and I have to agree Fall birthdays are the best!
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Thanks so much 🙂
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My pleasure!
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Autumn is indeed the most beautiful season, to my mind too.
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Really a season to look forward to!!
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I know I’m ready for this heat to go away!
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Oh YES! This is beautiful. I adore the fall colours, best of all. LOVED this poem.
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Breath it in and smell the pile of leaves! 🙂
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Or dive right in to the pile 🙂
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So, enchanting! Autumn is my favorite season! Fun to read~
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Thanks so much!
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I have a winter birthday (the day after Valentine’s day, or, as I call it, VD–blech), but fall is by far my favorite season.
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Haha VD-blech. That’s a good one.
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