Autumn’s Second Spring

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The Rebels by Maria L. Berg 2023

Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub from Melissa Lemay has a form option called “The Fold” by Gillena Cox, and an extensive list of autumn words to Fold into Autumn. The prompt is:

write a poem incorporating autumn, folding in some autumn words from the list provided below (at end of post), or whatever other autumn words might fall into your head. You may choose to use the fold form or any other form you wish.

Melissa Lemay

The fold form appeals to me today which is:

  1. 11 lines
  2. The end phrase of Line 1 repeats at Lines 5 and 11
  3. The rhyme of line 1 continues through in every other line
  4. There MUST be a reference to nature and how it affects you, the poet

Autumn’s Second Spring

In my hunt for autumn’s colors folded in the green
I instead was quite surprised by an unexpected scene
among the turning leaves I found remembrances of spring
Near the street a sweet azalea is always first to bloom
an explosion of joyful color folded in the green
and also first to fade away, or so I have believed
until today among the autumn dying browning leaves
I caught these three delicate purple blooms rebelling
among a movement of buds I wouldn’t have seen
if I hadn’t been out looking for autumn, I would have missed
new spring, this wonderful thing folded in the green

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25 thoughts on “Autumn’s Second Spring”

  6. Your search for Autumn is poignant. But this is not a Fold
    The rhyme scheme got jumbled up.
    It should be 1 3 5 7 9 11 rhyme aaaaaa

    Much🖤love

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