Happy Poetry Friday!
The top of the flowering cherry tree in our backyard is visible from the window of my office desk. This morning, when I lifted the shade, the sun was hitting it in a way that made it a beacon of light and warmth. This tree, beautiful in all seasons, has offered inspiration for many of my poems. This post was not what I had planned for today, but I couldn’t resist.
Fall’s Fire
backyard cherry tree
lit with fall’s fire finding
warmth in morning’s chill
Draft, Rose Cappelli 2023
Wishing you all a Thanksgiving filled with light and warmth.
Irene has the round up today at Live Your Poem. Be sure to stop by for a discussion about last poems in a collection, a beautiful Art Speak poem, and lots more poetry goodness. (Note to Irene: I had trouble accessing the comments page, but your post has given me enough to think about for a week! Thank you for bringing light and warmth to the poetry community.)
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Wow! This is Inspiration come to life! Blessings for continued inspiration, Rose 😊
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Thanks, Patricia.
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Beautiful Rose! Thank you for sharing. 🙂 Happy Poetry Friday!
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Rose, what a gorgeous tree! I love its full, round shape. Your poem is such a beautiful pairing with it! I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving, Rose!
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Beautiful! Just beautiful. I love the big full “heads of” maple, flame and gold hair I imagine on the trees. They are so brassy in their beauty. Happy Thanksgiving to you!
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Thank you, Linda! Happy Thanksgiving to you, too.
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I believe I cannot get enough of autumn beauty and now relish your fall’s fire, Rose. Thank you for sharing this today. It’s going to be hard to say goodbye to fall!
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I agree! Thank you.
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Love the warmth coming from your poem and the tree too, wish it would linger on… Thanks Rose!
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Your tree is beautiful! Love that color!
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Thanks, Marcie!
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Rose, what a lovely cherry tree. I read this earlier in the week when I was in Columbus. I’m just getting back to commenting, but while I was there I appreciated the fall colors so much. Partly thanks to your words–“lit with fall’s fire finding / warmth in morning’s chill” Just what I experienced as I walked to the conference venue. Thank you!
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Oh, I know you had a great time at NCTE! I used to go regularly, but haven’t been since 2019. I miss seeing all the people. Today my cherry tree is almost bare – lost most of its leaves at the end of last week.
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