Adorned in Autumn
by RC DeWinter
Title
Adorned in Autumn
Artist
RC DeWinter
Medium
Painting - Digital Oils
Description
Copyright 2014 RC deWinter ~ All Rights Reserved
Abandoning Autumn
It is a truth universally acknowledged -
and here I pray your indulgence,
Miss Austen -
that autumn in New England -
at least in a good year -
is the most beautiful of anywhere
in all the boisterous sprawl
that is America.
It has always been my favorite season,
and not simply for the color
Nature bestows on the foliage
of almost everything that grows.
The air crisps with the subtle kiss
of hayfields mown,
rich brown loam digesting
the petals of latesummer gardens
and the surreptitious bonfires -
illegal now -
still set to burn the fallen leaves
of maple, oak and ash.
Nights are clear, untroubled by clouds,
and in the the sky the stars are scattered
like so many diamonds spilled, careless,
on a midnight blue blanket.
The moon, shapeshifter that she is,
borrows a mask from her lover the sun
and rises, roundly provocative,
washing the world in the satisfaction
of a woman fulfilled,
limning the landscape with golddust.
I'll be missing most of it this year,
though as I sweltered in summer's heat
I dreamt of the river valley autumn.
No HDR landscapes,
no nose tickle,
no jewelled blanket,
no goldkissed evenings
for me this year.
I'm abandoning it - all of it,
running with wide open arms
to an unknown spring,
eager to embrace
this intriguing season
that lures me with a voice all at once
so foreign, yet so familiar.
~ copyright 2014 RC deWinter
The full September moon shines down on a salt marsh through a moody, misty sky in Fairfield, Connecticut.
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Chrisann Ellis
RC, Your Work has been Featured On The Home Page of Weekly Fun For All Mediums..Happy Days..Congrats!!! ft.vt
Bob and Nadine Johnston
Congratulations Your work was chosen to be Featured in ALL SEASONS LANDSCAPES, out of over 33,200+ images that have been submitted to the Group. Thank your for your participation, Bob