Each year you shed your corset,
tilt sunflower head, wink.
Display contours of peaks and valleys
I love. Intimately hold my hand,
invite me to suckle from swollen breast
all the nourishment I need -
bolster me for November's
stinging slap.
by Margaret Bednar, October 1, 2014
This is for "Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Words Count with Mama Zen" - the personification of October in 53 words or less.
20 comments:
Your beginning is brilliant - love the whole thing and agree with the ending.
Ah, November's slap....it comes too soon....but the sweetness of October lingers in your words.
I love this, Margaret. Beautiful imagery.
Ha! I love how you turned it with November's slap. Ouch, so true. Beautiful photos...sigh...Autumn can be so gorgeous.
This is delightful, Margaret. I wasn't expecting that stinging slap at the end.. but it gives a very good idea of cold weather's approach.
Love how you lure us into the nurture and then remind us that it will end soon enough, and harshly. Fantastic.
October has her own sort of nourishment, indeed. There is still enough of the summer in her to feed us that last sip before the land turns silent.Loved both words and pics here, Margaret.
Great parting lines, its as though I could feel the sting of the slap.
Absolutely brilliant <3 My favorite time of year.
A lovely personification, Margaret.
"tilt sunflower head, wink" How I love that!
I think I just tasted warm ginger cookies and apple cider...
oops! the slap of november!!
It has been nice and well until November comes along. It is being in preparedness! Great lines Marge!
Hank
October as supple, ample and bountiful mother. Beautiful how life’s seasons offer sustenance and fortitude. I come away from your words with a deeper awareness of the comforts hiding in plain sight.
i love how the corset is shed...
and those pictures are just beautiful!
Good one! I can feel November's stinging slap. Ouch!
This reads like a courtship. A sensuous, delicious courtship.
Wonderful!
I love this..October is the deep breath before winter's cold. Such gorgeous photos.
so deftly female, from the corset to the nursing and nurturing, to the slap. i like this.
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