In response to Eugi’s weekly prompt, “autumn leaves”:
When autumn leaves, she leaves behind
forgotten treasure for us to find:
sweet chestnuts, spiky as a curse,
bright windfalls for this year’s preserves.
Then we fill our jars with bright sunlight
to see us through dark winter nights.
Very nice.
Thank you 🙂
🙂
This is so sweet!
Thanks Shruba. 🙂 Sweet was what I had in mind – late autumn apples for apple jelly.
Feels like Christmas is a-comin’
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too quickly… although I’m looking forward to a holiday. 😀
This is a beautiful piece on autumn. I love the imagery
Thanks Luisa. Lovely to see you here! I enjoy your blog so much.
You are really kind
Thank you very much.
Awww, this is beautiful and definitely sets the mood for autumn. Thank you for joining in.
Thanks Eugi ❤
It feels a little disjointed responding to northern hemisphere seasonal prompts about autumn when it's just early spring here! And we don't have native deciduous trees. But we do have feral roadside apples. 🙂
Roadside apples works for me! 😄
So beautiful….Filling jars with sunlight, to last till winter…beautiful expression to describe the glory of autumn sunlight. Loved it.
Thanks Goutam 🙂
Beautiful 💙
Thank you ❤
You’re welcome !😇
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Wonderful poem. I like the line, “forgotten treasure for us to find.” Thanks for posting this piece.
Thank you very much Geri 🙂
I love how the concept of preserves plays a part in forming the pictures of this poem.
Thanks Jaya 🙂 There are few things better than opening a jar of blackberry jam or apple jelly in the middle of winter, and having the scent of summer or autumn rise from it.