For Poets and Storytellers United – 26 September 2025
https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2025/
We’ll invite you to write poetry or prose inspired by Autumn (rituals, foods, colors, celebrations… or anything that makes autumn memorable and/or special).
Autumn Warmth
It makes my heart and eyes soar to watch every
Crisp, falling autumn leaf tumble to the ground
It feels like shedding skin – coming to the penultimate stop of the year
A time when it is cool enough to walk comfortably
But no rain or snow to slip on and tumble down underground
The russets and reds coat my boots
I draw my bright orange coat around me
Drink hot chocolate in the pumpkin-laden coffee shop
Watching the world – and people – go by
How distant that would have seemed
Only a month, a year, a moment ago
Alice is resting whilst I gather my worldly speed
Far from powder and things that pained me
It is strange, how I have arrived at this point
Another year – one I didn’t expect
One I didn’t even hope for or want
But the sweet warm chocolate gliding down my battered throat
Makes me smile a little- here is Autumn in all her glory
And for the first time in so long I am rising up to greet her –
Like a phoenix from the flames.
JAE ROSE 