FLOWING DRESSES ON HIS MIND!

Somewhere ‘tween summer and autumn,

A different fabric on bottoms…

Flowing skirts

With blouses or shirts,

Populate streets like flotsam.

–

‘Specially in college towns

Making the square dance rounds..

.Women who dance

In other than pants,

Gracefully float around!

–

A counter culture he misses

Are dresses flowing on misses…

The kinder old ways

Fitting younger days,

But few he knows who might have these wishes.

–

–Jonathan Caswell

(Or…did he mean SKIRTS!)

(A Google image from http://www.pinterest.com)

AUTUMN COLORS CHANGING

September is upon us,

Time for the change

Of foliage and hairdos

A time to rearrange

Colorful poison ivy

In red and yellow hues,

Myriad of colors

Shocked by frosty blues.

Hair colors a-changing,

Professional or by box…

Strawberry blonde conservatively

Colors vivacious locks.

The girl or guy underneath

Supposedly the same,

Putting a new face on things

A part of living game!

–

–J.E.C.

HAIKU OF EARLY AUGUST!

(Each haiku is an individual poem, though related to the others)

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White dots gone from lakes,

Swans are training their young ones…

Soon…to take over!

–J.E.C.

–

Last-of-season sales,

Clearing out for winter stock…

Cars, clothes…furniture!

–J.E.C.

–

Cicada around,

Ringing waves of night time sound…

Sign of Fall’s approach!

–J.E.C.

–

Our Cottage refuge,

Once the family respite…

Has met a great fall.

–J.E.C.

–

When the landscapers

Remove summer plants and all…

Chrysanthemums awe!

–J.E.C.

–

Redheads turn back blonde,

Their hot summer is over…

Cooling off…is fun!

(Don’t “blondes have more fun?”)

–J.E.C.

–

Fat flies come indoors,

Escaping Fall’s chill…

People do so, too!

–J.E.C.

–

–Jonathan E. Caswell

RED AND GOLD

RED AND GOLD

–

Spectacular is over,

Bright orange and yellows fade….

As do fields  of clover

To deep red and golden shade.

–

Forest trees are showing

Their final parade view…

All but oaks and evergreens

Bearing leaves soon is through.

–

Funny how model railroads

In New England often use….

This later time to model,

And these particular hues!

–

The brighter trees quickly fade

Oft in a very few days…

Yet woods like these seem to last

Far into winter’s haze.

–

–Jonathan Caswell

GOLDEN AVENUES

GOLDEN AVENUES

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Driving home this afternoon,

My “baby” in the car…

Sunlit wonder all around

From a burning orange star,

Trees ablaze in glory

Shielded those trees bare…

Formed a perfect backdrop

For sunlight-scented air!

–

But I had to hurry

Against the blinding sun…

Didn’t due to worry,

I had to make that run

To get her home and safe…

Would I get to work on time–

I had to keep faith!

–

Golden avenues along which

We traveled by car…

Lit with welcome light

From a friendly star;

Got the Missus home again

And then off I flew…

Arrived only an hour late–

WHEW!!!!

–

–Jonathan Caswell

BRIGHT GLOWING COLORS

BRIGHT GLOWING COLORS

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On the ride back I saw

Big trees with colors of awe…

Glowing all day

Till leaves fall away,

On lawns and driveways to sprawl!

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–Jonathan Caswell