Wednesday, October 1, 2014

"October"


October

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.


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20 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 1, 2014 at 12:01 PM

    Your beginning is brilliant - love the whole thing and agree with the ending.

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  2. C.C.October 1, 2014 at 12:14 PM

    Ah, November's slap....it comes too soon....but the sweetness of October lingers in your words.

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  3. Maude LynnOctober 1, 2014 at 12:16 PM

    I love this, Margaret. Beautiful imagery.

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  4. Jennifer WagnerOctober 1, 2014 at 1:03 PM

    Ha! I love how you turned it with November's slap. Ouch, so true. Beautiful photos...sigh...Autumn can be so gorgeous.

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  5. Kerry O'ConnorOctober 1, 2014 at 1:27 PM

    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.

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  6. SusanOctober 1, 2014 at 2:18 PM

    Love how you lure us into the nurture and then remind us that it will end soon enough, and harshly. Fantastic.

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  7. hedgewitchOctober 1, 2014 at 2:20 PM

    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.

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  8. Kathryn DycheOctober 1, 2014 at 2:29 PM

    Great parting lines, its as though I could feel the sting of the slap.

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  9. DomOctober 1, 2014 at 5:33 PM

    Absolutely brilliant <3 My favorite time of year.

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  10. Other MaryOctober 1, 2014 at 7:47 PM

    A lovely personification, Margaret.

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  11. FireblossomOctober 1, 2014 at 8:20 PM

    "tilt sunflower head, wink" How I love that!

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  12. Magaly GuerreroOctober 1, 2014 at 9:26 PM

    I think I just tasted warm ginger cookies and apple cider...

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  13. Vandana SharmaOctober 2, 2014 at 1:13 AM

    oops! the slap of november!!

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  14. kaykualaOctober 2, 2014 at 8:18 AM

    It has been nice and well until November comes along. It is being in preparedness! Great lines Marge!

    Hank

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  15. gabrielleOctober 2, 2014 at 12:13 PM

    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.

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  16. Stacy M.S.October 2, 2014 at 12:57 PM

    i love how the corset is shed...

    and those pictures are just beautiful!

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  17. Sherry Blue SkyOctober 2, 2014 at 2:30 PM

    Good one! I can feel November's stinging slap. Ouch!

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  18. Archer's BonesOctober 2, 2014 at 8:47 PM

    This reads like a courtship. A sensuous, delicious courtship.

    Wonderful!

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  19. Susie ClevengerOctober 3, 2014 at 12:00 AM

    I love this..October is the deep breath before winter's cold. Such gorgeous photos.

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  20. MarianOctober 3, 2014 at 7:01 AM

    so deftly female, from the corset to the nursing and nurturing, to the slap. i like this.

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