04-05-2014, 11:13 PM
Sodden Autumn
Summer pigments mute
within opaque puddles,
damp feet sink in
the boggy despair.
Gloom gathers beneath
the bleeding maples,
jaundiced birches
are wasting thin.
Susan's Black-Eyes
gape ever-wide,
no framed longer
in gamboge hues.
Blackened rose canes
stab with moldy thorn,
tarnished sunflowers
weep in the mud.
The lavender reeks,
while Goldenrod thrives.
Lamb's Ears droop
to decay on the ground.
Worms are growing fat
as pears rust and pit;
the ivy's dread-locks
hang over the wall.
It's hard to see the beauty
these dark wet morns,
but the slug trails
do glimmer somewhat.
Summer pigments mute
within opaque puddles,
damp feet sink in
the boggy despair.
Gloom gathers beneath
the bleeding maples,
jaundiced birches
are wasting thin.
Susan's Black-Eyes
gape ever-wide,
no framed longer
in gamboge hues.
Blackened rose canes
stab with moldy thorn,
tarnished sunflowers
weep in the mud.
The lavender reeks,
while Goldenrod thrives.
Lamb's Ears droop
to decay on the ground.
Worms are growing fat
as pears rust and pit;
the ivy's dread-locks
hang over the wall.
It's hard to see the beauty
these dark wet morns,
but the slug trails
do glimmer somewhat.
My new watercolor: 'Nightmare After Christmas'/Chris