duet

paired sonnets

 

Beauty in Black and white

 

The trees are now of leaves bereft.

Stark silhouettes against the sky

 but here and there an odd leaf’s left.

Clinging to life determinedly.

But in due course they to will fall

 They’ve played their part it’s time to go

They have no chance, no chance at all

to defy the winds which blow

The wintry blasts will tear them loose,

just as they are supposed to do.

Although they try they can't refuse

Nature decrees it must be so.

Tthere is no place for leaves of green

when winter dominates the scene

 

Simplicity

 

Rich autumn colours will soon fade.

Though for a while the beauty show

 with brilliant colours on parade.

Will too soon be forced to go.

When winter king resumes his rule.

It is his turn he has the right,

 the autumn winds his favourite tool

to change the world to black and white

His artistry is monochrome

 but has a beauty all its own.

 Which some of us find most welcome.

The autumn colours overdone.

Content with the austerity

 of winters simpler artistr

 

 

16-Oct-08

 

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Reviews

[Althea Tremaine]

Very well done.

Your imagery is vivid, your diction is well-chosen, and you have impeccable rhythm. You have a few grammatical/punctuation errors, however, your poem suffers minimal stress from it. I really enjoyed the read.