Tag Archives: autumn

Missed

October 20, 2021Life, poem, Poetryautumn, Life, loss, moonlight, poem, poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife

Early frost whitens the morning
All I’d hoped to do this summer
is now lost in autumn’s darkening.
I cannot sleep, am adrift, a thousand miles alone

but moonlight fills my heart

Trees reprise

September 23, 2021nature, poem, Poetryautumn, Earthweal, nature, poem, poetry, treesThe Cheesesellers Wife

Shafts of cellulose stretching to the sky
Leafed about with green

No autumn yet, no crimson stains
the future remains unseen

The first two lines are from a short poem posted here in 2017….

This poem is posted for earthweal

Summer’s loss

September 12, 2020beauty, Fantasy, nature, poem, Poetry, summer, winterautumn, equinox, Mythology, poem, poetry, summer, winterThe Cheesesellers Wife

Heart broken she withdraws
as every winter
into dark soil
as every winter

The promise of the stars nightly turning
the sinking and turning of constellations
the track of planets wandering across the sky
say that she will return

Time past she was encouraged
by midwinter fires
now we trust to orbital mechanics

Summer

October 26, 2019Life, nature, poem, Poetry, summer, winterautumn, fall, nature, poem, poetry, summer, winterThe Cheesesellers Wife

Heart broken she withdraws
as every winter
into dark soil
lets warmth seep from all

The promise of the stars nightly turning
the sinking and turning of constellations
the track of planets wandering across the sky
says that she will return

Time past she was encouraged
by midwinter fires
now we trust to orbital mechanics

Autumnal slide

November 14, 2018Life, poem, Poetryautumn, Christmas, Life, poem, poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife

Autumn leaves colour lawns orange
Litter roads red
The long slide into the cold begins
Advent madness beckons
Like a siren
Calling us onto the rocks
Of family festivities, hidden lonelinesses, retail greed and envy
Soon rooftops will grow neon reindeer
Tinsel will be worn around necks at office parties
All too soon
It will be Christmas
Copyright © 2018 Kim Whysall-Hammond

Autumnal Slide

October 21, 2017Amsterdam, beauty, Christmas, Life, nature, poem, Poetry, weatherautumn, beauty, Christmas, colour, family, Life, weatherThe Cheesesellers Wife

I’m in Amsterdam this week, and so have left you this poem which rather captures my feeling about the next few months I’m afraid!

Autumn clothes

September 26, 2017beauty, poem, Poetry, weatherautumn, beauty, clothes, Life, poem, poetry, treesThe Cheesesellers Wife

Cant remember where
Or when.
But in the busy travellings of last week,
alone in a lane of green leaves,
Stood a single tree.
Clad in oranges and crimsons,
lighted with brief yellows.
Spectacular.

These days,
I have just two seasons clothes,
Summer and Winter.
‘Layering’ is supposed to fill the gap
And so, I sit here
Jeans, T-shirt, hoodie,
slightly chilled.
Where once I would have had
an autumn coat
With thin woollen gloves.
Autumn clothes,
Like the tree.