by Sharon P.

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November 13, 2007

Rain and wind

October 15, 2009 03:32 PM EDT

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The rain crashes on the windowpane.

The wind howls around the corner.

Brilliant colors paint all the trees.

Coats are seen on every human form.

Children's laughter is heard in every candy department of each and every store.

Do you think it might just be October?

The nights are getting quite cold.

The mailmen are beginning to hunch over.

There are puddles and wet sidewalks everywhere.

Mothers hurry their children from cars to stores.

Bags of candy and bright costumes can be seen on shelves and racks.

Kids are using words like ghosts, goblins and Spiderman.

Do you think it might be October?

I do.

Sharon Pribble

Tag: rain and wind

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Comments: 43

granma gran Oct 15, 2009, 3:52pm EDT

what a delightful poem!

Sharon P. Oct 16, 2009, 2:45pm EDT

Thanks granma gran.

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marie Pinschmidt Oct 15, 2009, 4:10pm EDT

Lovely.

Sharon P. Oct 16, 2009, 2:45pm EDT

Thanks Marie.

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Vivian P. Oct 15, 2009, 4:35pm EDT

what an adorable poem

Sharon P. Oct 16, 2009, 2:45pm EDT

Thanks Vivian.

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Warren Bennett Oct 15, 2009, 4:39pm EDT

That is a tad different then the October I grew up with. Our "rainy" season is in august and is probably nothing like a real rainy season in places that have a lot of rain. I do miss the sounds of kids trickertreating though. Seems to have been a move away from that around here...

Sharon P. Oct 16, 2009, 2:46pm EDT

Proves all places differ. Thanks Warren.

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Marsha S. Oct 15, 2009, 4:45pm EDT

I think it might be :)

Sharon P. Oct 16, 2009, 2:47pm EDT

Thanks Marsha.

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Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. Oct 15, 2009, 5:36pm EDT

delightful~

Sharon P. Oct 16, 2009, 2:47pm EDT

Thank yuou Purr.

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Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. Oct 15, 2009, 5:36pm EDT

Thanks for posting to GutterGirls~

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Ann M. (Site Scryer) Oct 15, 2009, 6:08pm EDT

Nice! Could you write one of these for every month?

Thank you for posting to The Surreal Circus.

Sharon P. Oct 16, 2009, 2:47pm EDT

I can try.

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Howard C. Oct 15, 2009, 8:48pm EDT

So fitting with the low 40 temperature and soggy leaves falling in the mist we've had for the past two days.

Sharon P. Oct 16, 2009, 2:48pm EDT

Add pouring rain for the week here.

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Alison H. Oct 15, 2009, 9:03pm EDT

Nice sensory poem about autumn and October.

Sharon P. Oct 16, 2009, 2:48pm EDT

Thanks Alison, sure your wet up there too.

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Kushal Poddar Oct 15, 2009, 10:26pm EDT

It covers all the dimensions.

taste of tannin

Sharon P. Oct 16, 2009, 2:48pm EDT

I try. Thanks Kushal.

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Angela A. Oct 15, 2009, 10:46pm EDT

I think it's October too. What do I win?
Lol!
Thanks for posting to my group, Anythingwriting

Sharon P. Oct 16, 2009, 2:49pm EDT

Only a free smile, and thanks, sorry.

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Robert - just a simple man - B. Oct 16, 2009, 8:54am EDT

If I was in a box with n o windows and only this poem, I would know it was October. A very nice offering Sharon.

Fortuitously, I am not in a box. I am looking out my bedroom window. There is a lining of snow around the steeple and roof of this old monastery, there's a bluebird picking up a piece of bread I just tossed out for him, the Oak on the corner is awashed in colors and the eight towering evergreens which I can almost touched have a dappling of white on their uppermost branches. It is October. It is a pretty October. And your poem accompanies it well. Blessings.

Sharon P. Oct 17, 2009, 2:00pm EDT

Thanks Robert.

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Nancy Biri Oct 16, 2009, 9:53pm EDT

Very nice and well written

Sharon P. Oct 17, 2009, 2:00pm EDT

Thanks Nancy.

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Karen E. Oct 18, 2009, 12:54pm EDT

Great poem Sharon. We sure had some mailmen hunching yesterday didn't we. Heading down the hill into Puyallup I went hydroplaning and thought I would never get control.

Sharon P. Oct 18, 2009, 1:44pm EDT

You ere brave to go out the door. We had three separate storms here in Olympia yesterday.
All my pretty trees have lost most of those red, orange and gold leaves.
Glad you made it safely to destinations and home.

Karen E. Oct 18, 2009, 1:46pm EDT

Thanks Sharon. I had to see a patient in Puyallup and was shaking by time I got there. Today I want to see about getting some new tires for my car. Where do you live in Oly. I am in Port Orchard by the Southworth Ferry.