Bits of October

not-quite Journaling, 20

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” ~ L. M. Montgomery

 Late
summer looks
much like autumn
springing before nature changes
skirts.

9/22/2021: Of spring, I love the absence of winter and the quickening of new life. Of autumn, I love crazy socks and sassy boots and the nearness of October yum.

 

9/23/2021: The last of this season’s tomatoes are enjoying a rain-bath. If it wasn’t so windy, I would’ve probably joined them.

 

Natural
magic lasts,
season after season—
spring, summer, autumn, winter,
spring…

9/26/2021: These are the last blooms of their seasons--the passion flower is the last of autumn, the lily the last of summer, the allium the last of spring. The next couple of weeks will be for repotting and transplanting, then comes the move from balcony to living room. This always makes me feel like autumn is just like spring, but in reverse.

 

I am
wild ink,
spring whisper,
autumn howl;
I am.

9/28/2021: When I shared this magnetic poem bit on Instagram, I asked, “What are you?” Some of the answers stayed with me. Someone said, “Maybe I am soft twisted upside down, autumn friendly, winter blossom.” Someone else told me, “I’m a crow flying out of a fat orange harvest moon.” You can read the other responses here.

 

10/1/2021: I was born in April. And I’m rather fond of what it blooms. But my heart belongs to October. 

10/3/2021: Winter and I aren’t the best of friends. Frigid temperatures do unpleasant things to my dear joints, snow buries blooms, most growing things (except evergreens, I suppose) grow dull. Sometimes, I think that it must be the reason why I love October (and Halloween!) so much. I mean, what’s not to love about a season that encourages even the dead to come out and celebrate life? Yep, I am pretty sure that without the sweet and warm jubilation October brews, my heart would turn to ice in the winter months. I know, a tad melodramatic. Blame it on winter.


- for Poets and Storytellers United--Weekly Scribblings #90: October.