Tag Archives: autumn

Harvest Halloween

Posted on 2025-10-13 by Bartholomew Barker

All the husky, rusty tossels of the corn have been rustled into the barn. Harvest done, we dress up and load up into a wood-paneled station wagon bound for town. Witches, princesses, plenty of ghosts, a Frankenstein’s Monster and one … Continue reading →

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Pumpkin Pickins

Posted on 2025-09-29 by Bartholomew Barker

I Through the weeds the pumpkins pop like a stoplight cautioning us because Grandma hasn’t given the green light to go into the garden II Musty leaves dry at the bottom of the pile where their fellows rise like the … Continue reading →

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Autumnal Equinox 2025

Posted on 2025-09-22 by Bartholomew Barker

Egg balanced on railroad tracks white as a late summer cloud delicate as democracy An iron train rumbles in like a storm soon to obliterate the inner sun rusted leaves swirling litter behind A lumpy swamp-colored walnut crashes to the … Continue reading →

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Autumn

Posted on 2024-10-01 by Bartholomew Barker

The burning leaves fill my nose with memories: A maple dons her flaming crimson dress. The slow sway of the dying as they dance down. Swirling autumn winds gather into a voluptuous multicolored moon— ready to be leapt in.   … Continue reading →

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Balanced

Posted on 2024-09-22 by Bartholomew Barker

The heat of the day the cool of the night The sun and the moon on opposite sides of the sky The world spins under our feet I unfold my arms to welcome autumn Balanced on the edge of a … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: On My Walk

Posted on 2023-11-03 by Bartholomew Barker

The yellow leaves dance like flames in the wind of a November sunset

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Ophelia’s Equinox

Posted on 2023-09-25 by Bartholomew Barker

Today the rain is colder and the tempest tries to steal my umbrella But I’m not angered by a solemn autumn storm when leaves explode smokeless and swirl in the wind like fireflies Today let’s celebrate the beauty of motion … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Autumnal Equinox

Posted on 2023-09-22 by Bartholomew Barker

Leave windows open Night drops gentle as a leaf Breathe deep ‘fore the plunge (The equinox arrives in eight hours. For me autumn begins but I’ll wish my readers south of the equator a Happy Spring!)

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Posted on 2021-11-05 by Bartholomew Barker

Discarded oak leafdrills through the crystalline aira cold moon rises

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Fraiku: For Autumn

Posted on 2021-10-22 by Bartholomew Barker

Your grace stills the airstars focus— the moon risesbehind bare branches Bonus Poetry: my first Halloween poem of the season posted at the Go Dog Go Café. It’s a fourteen line Halloween memory entitled Halloween, Age 15. Thanks to the … Continue reading →

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